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Lonicera

not marked as a favorite taxon *Lonicera maackii (Ruprecht) Herder. Common name: Amur Honeysuckle. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Suburban woodlands, moist forests, fencerows, especially in areas with circumneutral soils. Distribution: Native of e. Asia (Korea, China, Japan). This is one of worst "shrub-weeds", aggressively invasive in various parts of eastern North America, as in the vicinity of DC and in calcareous substrate parts of the interior South.

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Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Other Comments: See Luken & Thieret (1994) for a detailed account of this species, its discovery, nomenclature, and issues regarding its invasiveness.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, Ferguson (1966a), Rehder (1903); = n/a — F, RAB, Tat; > Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder var. erubescens (Rehder) Q.E.Yang, Landrein, Borosova & Osborne — Lin et al (2013); > Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder var. maackii — Lin et al (2013). Basionym: Xylosteon maackii Rupr. 1857

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