| Capifoliaceae |
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 Lonicera caucasica PALLAS subsp. caucasica PALLAS. |
Lonicera L. |
| L. caucasica Pallas, Fl. Ross. 1,1:59 (1784). Map 76, p. 549. Erect shrub, 1-3 m; young branches solid, glabrous; winter buds with several outer scales. Leaves elliptic to ovate, 2-10 x 1?5 cm, acute or acuminate, rounded at base, glabrous or very sparsely hairy above, glabrous or villous below, shortly petiolate. Inflorescences axillary, 2-flowered; peduncles 6-14 mm, longer than petioles; bracts linear, 2-5 mm; bracteoles broad, connate c. 1 mm. Corolla 2-lipped, pink or white, 10-13 mm, glabrous or pubescent; tube much shorter than limb, ± gibbous; ovaries paired, fused. Berry black, ± globose, 5-10 mm diam., compound. Fl. 5-7. Coniferous or deciduous forest, amongst scrub, 500-2790 m. 1. Leaves glabrous or rarely slightly hairy below; bracts 3-5 mm, longer than ovary subsp. caucasica 1. Leaves ± villous below; bracts c. 2 mm, shorter than ovary subsp. orientalis subsp. caucasica. Syn: L. orientalis Lam. var. caucasica (Pallas) Zabel, Syst. Verz. Muenden 24 (1878). Type: [Caucasia] Rossis ad Terec fl. Togustun Tatari Caucasi, Pallas. N.E. & E. Anatolia. A7 Trabzon: Maçka, Meryemana arasi, Yilmaz (1STO 3503)! A8 Çoruh: mountain above Artvin, 1600 m, D. 29728! A9 Çoruh: roadside, 2300 m, Tong 478! Kars: mountains E. of Kağızman, above Akçay, 1750 m, D. 46745! B8 Muş: Teng valley, nr. Muş, 1800 m,Kotschy 1859:448! B9 Bitlis Tatvan to Tug, 1800 m, D. 22319! Caucasia, N.W. & N. Iran. |