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Lonicera L.

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Lonicera L., Sp. Pl. 173-175 (1753)
Lonicera L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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L.
L.
1753
173-175
ICN
Lonicera L.
genus
Lonicera

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Lonicera

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Lonicera L.

Deciduous or evergreen, climbing or erect shrubs. Stems hollow or with brown or white pith. Winter buds with 2 or several outer scales. Lvs entire, rarely lobed, usually exstipulate, rarely stipulate. Fls generally fragrant, either in axillary pedunculate pairs and each pair with 2 bracts and 4 bracteoles, or in sessile axillary whorls or terminal heads. Calyx small or minute, 5-toothed. Corolla 5-lobed, nearly regular or ± irregular, sometimes bilabiate; tube short or long, sometimes gibbous. Stamens 5, included or exserted. Ovary 2-3-(5)-celled, adjacent walls in paired fls sometimes united. Styles slender; stigma capitate. Fr. a few- or sometimes many-seeded, berry.

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Lonicera L.
China
Lonicera L.
Nepal
Lonicera L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Lonicera L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Lonicera L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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55390709-be86-4ec8-99f9-c3065c25f612
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1 January 2000
2 September 2008
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