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Lonicera japonica

Thunb.
Tracheophyta » Dipsacales » Caprifoliaceae » Lonicera japonica
Common name (English)
Japanese honeysuckle
Common name (Greek)
Αιγιόκλημα
Ηabitat
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
Global distribution

China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), North Korea, South Korea, Ryukyu Isl. (I), England (I), France (I), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Spain (I), Italy (I), Croatia (I), Malta (I), Greece (I), Portugal (I), Algeria (I), European Russia (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Transcaucasus (I), Tajikistan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Costa Rica (I), Panama (I), Nicaragua (I), Honduras (I), Venezuela (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), Java (I), Philippines (I), Peru (I), Jamaica (I), Ecuador (I), Uruguay (I), S-Brazil (I), Bolivia (I), Argentina (I), New Zealand (I), Mexico (I), Puerto Rico (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Saba (I), Guadeloupe (I), Martinique (I)), Cuba (I), Cayman Isl. (I), Colombia (I), Fiji (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), Malesia (I), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Niue (I), Society Isl. (I) (Raiatea (I)), Rotuma Isl. (I), Austral Isl. (I) (Tubuai (I)), Bonin Isl. (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), D.R. Congo (I), South Africa (I), Rwanda (I), Ethiopia (I), Turkey (I) (NE-Anatolia (I)), Azores (I) (Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Pico (I), Flores Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Tenerife (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I) (Koke`e State Park (I)), East Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I) (Volcano (I), slopes of Hualalai) (I)), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Nepal (I), India (I), Bangladesh (I), Pakistan (I), Vietnam (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), North Carolina (I), Nebraska (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I)), Canada (I) (Ontario (I)), Trinidad & Tobago (I) 12035 0

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Habitat detail

Gardens and hedges (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1955
Impacts
Unknown
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023), excluding ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT: Botanical garden/zoo/aquaria (excluding domestic aquaria).

As the species is restricted to gardens introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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