Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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8523.000 Lonicera
Description of the genus
Shrub with twining stems (in ours). Leaves simple. Flowers zygomorphic, in axillary pedunculate pairs. Corolla 2-lipped. Fruit a berry. Derivation of name: after Adam Lonicer or Lonitzer, 1528-1586, German physician and naturalist. Worldwide: 180 species, northern hemisphere to Mexico and the Philippines Zimbabwe: 6 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| confusa (Sweet) DC. | |
| etrusca Santi | |
| hildebrandiana Collett & Hemsl. | |
| japonica Thunb. ex Murray | Description, Image |
| nitida E.H.Wilson | |
| sempervirens L. |
Other sources of information about Lonicera:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: LoniceraFlora of Mozambique: cultivated Lonicera
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lonicera
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LoniceraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lonicera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lonicera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lonicera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lonicera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lonicera
JSTOR Plant Science: Lonicera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lonicera
Plants of the World Online: Lonicera
Tropicos: Lonicera
Wikipedia: Lonicera
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