Lonicera

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q156047
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Summary

Lonicera is a taxon[1]. Lonicera ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,298 views/month, #498 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Caprifoliaceae[4]
  • Taxon name: Lonicera[5]
  • Commons category: Lonicera[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Lonicera caprifolium[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lonicera[8]
  • Commons gallery: Lonicera[9]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 72[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], The New Student's Reference Work[13]
  • Taxon synonym: Nintooa[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6947[15]
  • This taxon is source of: honeysuckle scent[16]
  • Taxon common name: honeysuckle[17], عسلة[18], Doqquzdon[19], Баҡса айыу баланы[20], Бружмель[21], Орлови нокти[22], Gwezvoud[23], Xuclamel[24], zimolez[25], Gwyddfid[26], Gedeblad[27], Doppelbeeren[28], Geißblätter[29], Heckenkirschen[30]

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Identifiers

Lonicera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 49606[31]. Lonicera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60796[32]. Lonicera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2888645[33]. Lonicera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 35281[34].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Lonicera include Honeysuckle Weeks[35], an actor[36], b. 1979[37], of United Kingdom[38].

Why It Matters

Lonicera has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Lonicera is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Lonicera include Honeysuckle Weeks[35], an actor[36], b. 1979[37], of United Kingdom[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Jlwoodwa · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 84
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  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 17w ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0285650-zimolez
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  6. 19w ago · Jeuwre · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → De-Heckenkirsche.ogg
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  7. 23w ago · Putnik · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
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    Topic's main category → Category:Lonicera
    Has fruit type → berry
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