Lonicera japonica

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Family:CAPRIFOLIACEAE
Species:Lonicera japonica Thunb.
Common Name:Japanese Honeysuckle
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Japanese Honeysuckle is an introduced woody vine in the Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). It is native to China, Japan, and Korea. In Alabama in can be found statewide. It occurs in disturbed or cut-over woodlands, in swamp forests, on fence rows, and in urban woodlands. It is a woody perennial vine climbing by twining. The vines may be up to 30 feet in length and root when in contact with the soil. The young vines are green or red in color and pubescent with glandular and non-glandular hairs. Woody stems have light tan or gray bark that peels in long strips. The leaves are semi-evergreen, opposite, petiolate, and pubescent. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate in outline and have ciliate margins. Leaves on vigorously growing stems may be pinnately lobed. The flowers are produced in pairs in the axils of the leaves on new growth. The pair of flowers are subtended by a leaf-like bract. The calyx is pubescent and has 5 triangular lobes. The corolla is bilabiate. The upper lip is 4 lobed and the lower lip is un-lobed. The corolla lobes are recurved. Flowers are fragrant and pubescent on the outside with glandular and non-glandular. In the most widespread form the corolla is white becoming yellow with age (Lonicera japonica var. japonica). In a more uncommon form the corolla is pinkish or purplish on the exterior (Lonicera japonica var. chinensis (Watson) Baker). The fruit is a black berry. Japanese Honeysuckle is considered a Category 1 Invasive Species by the Alabama Invasive Plant Council. It was introduced as an ornamental and is still sometimes sold as “Poarch Vine”. The young shoots of Japanese Honeysuckle are consumed by White-tail deer and rabbits. Dense thickets of vines provide cover and nesting space for birds and small mammals.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FAC- (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCAPRIFOLIACEAE - Honeysuckle family
Genus Lonicera
Species Lonicera japonica Thunb. - Japanese Honeysuckle

Citation

Citation Lonicera japonica Thunberg, Syst. Veg., ed. 14. 216. 1784.
Basionym: **
Type: JAPAN

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Caprifolium brachypodum Caprifolium brachypodum (de Candolle) Gordon, Garden (London) 11: 88. 1877.Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle 1830. 
Caprifolium chinense Caprifolium chinense (P. Watson) Loudon, Hort. Brit. 70. 1830.Lonicera chinensis P. Watson 1825. 
Caprifolium japonicum Caprifolium japonicum (Thunberg) Dumont d'Urville, Bot. Cult., ed. 2. 7: 209. 1814.Lonicera japonica Thunberg 1784. 
Lonicera acuminata var. japonica Lonicera acuminata Wallich, var. japonica (Thunberg) Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavum 2: 270. 1866.Lonicera japonica Thunberg 1784. 
Lonicera aureoreticulata Lonicera aureoreticulata T. Moore, Florist & Pomol. 15: t. 136. 1863.  
Lonicera brachypoda Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle, Prodr. 4: 335. 1830.  
Lonicera brachypoda var. aureoreticulata Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle, var. aureoreticulata (T. Moore) Jacob-Makoy, Belgique Hort. 15: 146. 1865.Lonicera aureoreticulata T. Moore 1763. 
Lonicera brachypoda var. repens Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle, var. repens Siebold, Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Maatsch. Aanm. Tuinb. 1845: 73, t. 7. 1845.  
Lonicera brachypoda var. reticulata Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle, var. reticulata Witte, Flora 13, t. 4. 1868.  
Lonicera chinensis Lonicera chinensis P. Watson, Dendrol. Brit. 2: t. 117. 1825.  
Lonicera cochinchinensis Lonicera cochinchinensis G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 447. 1837.  
Lonicera diversifolia Lonicera diversifolia Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1866: 99. 1866, non Wallich 1832. JAPAN
Lonicera flexuosa Lonicera flexuosa Thunberg, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 330. 1794.  
Lonicera japonica var. aureoreticulata Lonicera japonica Thunberg, var. aureoreticulata (T. Moore) G. Nicholson, Hand-List Trees Shrubs 2: 17. 1896.Lonicera aureoreticulata T. Moore 1863. 
Lonicera japonica var. chinensis Lonicera japonica Thunberg, var. chinensis (P. Watson) Baker, Refug. Bot. 4: 224. 1871.Lonicera chinensis P. Watson 1825. 
Lonicera japonica var. flexuosa Lonicera japonica Thunberg, var. flexuosa (Thunberg) G. Nicholson, Hand-List Trees Shrubs 2: 17. 1896.Lonicera flexuosa Thunberg 1794. 
Lonicera japonica var. halliana Lonicera japonica Thunberg, var. halliana (Dippel) G. Nicholson, Hand-List Trees Shrubs 2: 17. 1896.Lonicera flexuosa Thunberg, var. halliana Dippel 1889. 
Lonicera japonica var. repens Lonicera japonica Thunberg, var. repens (Siebold) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 7: 36. 1926.Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle, var. repens Siebold 1845. 
Nintooa japonica Nintooa japonica (Thunberg) Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2. 258. 1830.Lonicera japonica Thunberg 1784. 
Xylosteum flexuosum Xylosteum flexuosum (Thunberg) Dumont d'Urville, Bot. Cult., ed. 2. 8: 208. 1814.Lonicera flexuosa Thunberg 1794. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1895 - 1995

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
SAMF0005797 Autauga 20 Apr 1962 Denton, Tommy
s.n.		 SAMF
Lonicera japonica Thunberg
AUA000009809 Autauga 7 Jul 1970 MOORE, HAROLD D.
189		 AUA
LONICERA JAPONICA THUNB.
AUA000009807 Autauga 10 Jul 1970 MOORE, HAROLD D.
346		 AUA
LONICERA JAPONICA THUNB.
AUA000009808 Autauga 7 Sep 1970 MOORE, HAROLD D.
809		 AUA
LONICERA JAPONICA THUNB.
AUA000009805 Autauga 27 Sep 1975 DUPREE, W.G.
044		 AUA
LONICERA JAPONICA THUNB.
UNA00044226 Autauga 12 May 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
546		 UNA
Lonicera japonica Thunb.
AUA000009806 Autauga 12 May 1982 GUNN, SCOTT C.
546		 AUA
LONICERA JAPONICA THUNB.
UWAL0008371 Autauga 28 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3566		 UWAL
Lonicera japonica Thunb.
UWAL0046051 Autauga 02 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
689		 UWAL
Lonicera japonica Thunberg
TROY000048542 Autauga 02 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
689		 TROY
Lonicera japonica Thunberg
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