Family | Caprifoliaceae |
Scientific name | Lonicera affinis Hooker & Arnott |
Synonyms | Lonicera buergeriana Blume ex C. Koch |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hama-nindou [coastal honeysuckle] |
(English common name) vine honeysuckle | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Kii Peninsular, Chugoku region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) China | |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Leaves 4-8cm long. Flowers white to yellow corollas 4-5cm, flowering in May to June. Evergreen. Vine. |
Reference | Lonicera affinis Hook. & Arn. |
Lonicera affinis | |
The Caprifoliaceae of the Ryukyu Islands | |
Phytogeography of Some Flowering Plants of the Tsushima Islands | |
Process for producing interferon inducers (US Patent 4469685/1984) | |
Note | Lonicera hypoglauca Miquel (syn. Lonicera affinis Hooker & Arnott var. hypoglauca (Miquel) Rehder) is a very similar plant to Lonicera affinis Hooker & Arnott. Lonicera hypoglauca has hairy leaves, Lonicera affinis has non-hair leaves. Probably Lonicera affinis Hooker & Arnott var. pseudohypoglauca Hatusima is a synonym of Lonicera hypoglauca Miquel. |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |