Common Name: HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY Habit: Subshrub to small tree or vine. Leaf: opposite, simple or compound; stipules generally 0. Flower: calyx tube fused to ovary, limb generally 5-lobed; corolla radial or bilateral, rotate to cylindric, generally 5-lobed; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, alternate corolla lobes; ovary inferior, 1--5-chambered, style 1. Fruit: berry, drupe. Genera In Family: 5 genera, 220 species: especially northern temperate. Note:Linnaea moved to Linnaeaceae; Sambucus and Viburnum to Adoxaceae. eFlora Treatment Author: Charles D. Bell, family description, key to genera Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: HONEYSUCKLE Habit: Shrub, twining to erect. Leaf: simple, entire, generally short-petioled; 1--2 pairs beneath inflorescence often fused around stem. Inflorescence: spikes, +- interrupted, on axillary peduncles or at ends of branches, or flowers paired on axillary peduncles and subtended by 0--3 pairs of bracts. Flower: calyx limb 0 or generally 5-toothed, generally persistent; corolla 5-lobed, +- bilateral, 2-lipped (upper 4-lobed), swollen at base on 1 side; ovary chambers 2--3. Fruit: berry, generally round; seeds generally > 2. Etymology: (Johann Lonitzer, German herbalist, physician, 1499--1569, and/or his son, Adam Lonitzer, German botanist, 1528--1586) Unabridged Note: According to Ferguson (1966 J Arnold Arbor 47:33--59), genus named "in honor of Johann Lonitzer, latinized Lonicerus, 1499--1569, a German herbalist and physician, not Adam Lonitzer, 1528--1586; see Linnaeus, Crit. Bot. 93 1737." In fact, although Linnaeus indicated in Critica Botanica (Hort translation, Ray Society, 1938, p. 76) that the genus Lonicera was named in honor of Johann Lonitzer, in Hortus Cliffortianus (1737; p. 58) he states "...Loniceram ab Adamo Lonicero, antiquo Botanico...". eFlora Treatment Author: Charles D. Bell & Lauramay T. Dempster Reference: Howarth & Donoghue 2006 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103(24):9101--9106
Lonicera interrupta Benth.
NATIVE Habit: Erect; herbage glabrous or puberulent. Stem: trunk rigid, woody, +- 3 dm; branches climbing or sprawling. Leaf: 2--2.5 cm; stipules 0; blade elliptic to round, base generally tapered to round, tip generally +- round; upper 1--3 pairs fused around stem. Inflorescence: spike, long, interrupted. Flower: corolla 8--10 mm, strongly 2-lipped, deeply divided, cream-yellow, glabrous; stamens, stigma well exserted. Fruit: +- 10 mm, red. Ecology: Dry slopes, ridges, floodplains, oak woodland, chaparral; Elevation: 240--1400 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, w CaR, SN, n ScV, CW, SW; Distribution Outside California: Arizona. Flowering Time: Apr--May Jepson eFlora Author: Charles D. Bell & Lauramay T. Dempster Reference: Howarth & Donoghue 2006 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103(24):9101--9106 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Lonicera hispidula Next taxon: Lonicera involucrata
Citation for this treatment: Charles D. Bell & Lauramay T. Dempster 2012, Lonicera interrupta, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=31506, accessed on February 08, 2025.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2025, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on February 08, 2025.
Geographic subdivisions for Lonicera interrupta:
NW, w CaR, SN, n ScV, CW, SW
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