Taxon: Lonicera japonica Thunb.

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:

• Japanese honeysuckle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• jin yin hua   (Source: web document) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• ren dong   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• clématite du Japon   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – French
  
• japanisches Geißblatt   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• nindo   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• suikazura   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• madreselva   (Source: Names Soukup ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide China FlEncy; Zander ed13; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: also 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

• naturalized in British Isles, c. Europe, tropical & s. Africa, Australia, New Zealand,, United States (including Hawaii), s. South America, & Macaronesia

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java. (F Java)
• Cabrera, A. L. & E. M. Zardini. 1978. Manual de la flora de los alrededores de Buenos Aires. (Man BuenAir)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist. (L Georgia)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16)
• Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. (L Macar ed2)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Hara, H. 1983. A revision of Caprifoliaceae of Japan with reference to allied plants in other districts and the Adoxaceae. Ginkgoana 5:84–90.
• Hara, H. Flora of eastern Himalaya. v. 1:1966, v. 2:1971, v. 3:1975 (F EHimal)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
• Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967–. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale). (F Afr Centr)
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). (F Chiangsu)
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz)
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. (F Manshur)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan. (F Taiwan)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. (F PR)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
• Munz, P. A. 1974. A flora of southern California. (F SCalif)
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder)
• Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. (Names Soukup)
• St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. (L Hawaii)
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
• Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. (F LowYangtze)
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Welsh, S. L. & G. Moore. 1973. Utah Plants. (Utah Pl)
• Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria. (F VictWillis)
• Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia. (China FlEncy)

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lonicera japonica. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

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

Check other databases for Lonicera japonica Thunb.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• 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 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

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