- Lonicera alpigena
Taxobox
name = Alpine Honeysuckle
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Dipsacales
familia =Caprifoliaceae
genus = "Lonicera "
species = "L. alpigena"
binomial = "Lonicera alpigena"
binomial_authority = L.Alpine Honeysuckle ("Lonicera alpigena" L. [Not to be confused with "L. alpigena" C.B. Clarke, syn. "L. webbiana" Wall. ex DC.] ) is a species of
honeysuckle native to mountain forests of Central and SouthernEurope , sometimes cultivated asornamental plant outside its native range. It is a deciduous shrub up to 2 m high, in late summer bearing conspicuous brilliant red inedible fruits superficially resembling cherries. "L. glehnii" F. Schmidt, which is native toSakhalin ,Kurile Islands ,Hokkaido andHonshu , is sometimes considered as a geographically disjunct subspecies of Alpine Honeysuckle, "L. alpigena" L. subsp. "glehnii" (F. Schmidt) H. Hara.References and notes
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