LONICERA sp. Bergen Botanical Garden.,,22nd July 2023

[PlantaholicSheila]

Found in Bergen Botanical gardens.

Decided it was a very cute Lonicera sp so wrote to the gardens for help to pin it down.

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Just had this reply...

"I checked the specimen. It was received at one of our other gardens in 1995, supposedly wild collected and only determined as ”Lonicera sp.”, unfortunately. The data in our database on this particulkar specimen is rather weird, and not to be trusted. I believe it to have been collected in Kumaon in Uttar Pradesh (India), but the record say something else.

I regret that this is the extent of our current information on this specimen."

Best wishes, and do keep nurturing your plant-dependency. Thanks for writing!

/Torsten

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Can any one here help further?

Thank you.

Sheila.

[PlantaholicSheila]

BUMP.....I fear my title has put you off...this plant is from India!

[Saroj Kasaju]

Lonicera obovata Royle

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[PlantaholicSheila]

Saroj Kasaju....I am thrilled to get an answer...that looks just perfect.

Your help is very much appreciated.

Thank you.

I was sure someone here would help me!

Warmest wishes Sheila.

[Saroj Kasaju]

My pleasure !

Thank you Sheila !

Saroj Kasaju

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[PlantaholicSheila]

Greetings all.

Updated info.

My lovely expert in Bergen Norway ...  Lars Torsten Eriksson has come back to me.

The berry is red!

This completely rules out  Lonicera obovata...as that has a  blueberry.

See 2nd pic in link below.

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blueberry%20Honeysuckle.html

Quote Lars.....Our specimen seems to be Lonicera angustifolia var. myrtillus, a similar species with red berries.

 See attached image from today. (The old flora uses the synonym Lonicera parvifolia.)  

[Saroj Kasaju]

Both are from the same plant and from UP, India ?

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[PlantaholicSheila]

Thank you.

I am  very confused.

This is getting a bit technical for me.

Most sites say Lonicera obovatus has blue berries.

Found this link which states Lonicera obovatus berries are red.

In the link it even states exactly where it was found. Most interesting!

https://biodiversity.bt/observation/show/23330

On the Kew site for Lonicera angustifolia var. myrtillus..it shows the red berry but  Lonicera obovatus is not listed as a synonym

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77112378-1/images

Quote from link above....

"Homotypic Synonyms

• Devendraea myrtillus (Hook.f. & Thomson) Pusalkar in Taiwania 56: 213 (2011)
• Lonicera depressa var. myrtillus (Hook.f. & Thomson) G.Nicholson in Hand-List Trees Shrubs 2: 13 (1896), nom. superfl.
• Lonicera myrtillus Hook.f. & Thomson in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 168 (1858)
• Lonicera parvifolia var. myrtillus (Hook.f. & Thomson) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 3: 13 (1882)

Heterotypic Synonyms

• Caprifolium parvifolium Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 274 (1891)
• Devendraea myrtillus var. cyclophylla (Rehder) Pusalkar in Taiwania 56: 213 (2011)
• Devendraea myrtillus var. depressa (Rehder) Pusalkar in Taiwania 56: 213 (2011)
• Lonicera angustifolia var. rhododactyla W.W.Sm. in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 45 (1917)
• Lonicera myrtillus var. cyclophylla Rehder in J. Arnold Arbor. 22: 579 (1941)
• Lonicera myrtillus var. depressa Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Trees & Shrubs 1: 87 (1903)
• Lonicera parvifolia Hook.f. & Thomson in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 168 (1858), nom. illeg."

[Saroj Kasaju]

Just have a look at : https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77112378-1

https://www.gbif.org/species/8154107

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[J.M. Garg]

Yes, I agree as per images and details at 
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/08/19/lonicera-myrtillus/

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[PlantaholicSheila]

Thank you sir.

Most interesting.

I see now it is no longer even called Lonicera but Devendraea myrtillus!!!

Never heard of Devendraea before.

No wonder amateurs like me struggle.

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Mr. Garg for the validation !

Saroj Kasaju

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