Taxon: Lonicera japonica Thunb.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CT*, IL*, MA*, NH*, VT*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• gold-and-silver-flower   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Japanese honeysuckle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• jin yin hua   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• ren dong   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• clématite du Japon   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – French
  
• japanisches Geißblatt   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• nindō   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• suikazura   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• madreselva   (Source: Names Soukup ) – Spanish
  
• slingertry   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide China FlEncy; Zander ed13; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China [e.]
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido [s.], Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Europe
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  South America [s.]

• also cultivated

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• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
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• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lonicera japonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lonicera japonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Lonicera japonica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Lonicera aureoreticulata T. Moore (basionym)
  
• (=) Lonicera japonica var. aureoreticulata (T. Moore) G. Nicholson
  

Check other web resources for Lonicera japonica Thunb.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Lonicera japonica cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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