Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lonicera xylosteum L. [Caprifoliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dwarf honeysuckle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
european fly honeysuckle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
fly honeysuckle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fly-woodbine	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lonicera xylosteum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caprifolium dumetorum Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 367 (1779).
Caprifolium segreziense Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 274 (1891), not validly publ.
Caprifolium xylosteum (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 135 (1788).
Chamaecerasus dumetorum Delarbre Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 131 (1800).
Chamaecerasus xylosteum (L.) Medik. Philos. Bot. 1: 126 (1789).
Euchylia villosa Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 464 (1867).
Lonicera alpigena f. leiophylla (A.Kern.) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 453 (1903).
Lonicera dumetorum Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 213 (1805).
Lonicera leiophylla A.Kern. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 20: 322 (1870).
Lonicera ochroleuca St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 129 (1880).
Lonicera rubra Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 6 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Lonicera segreziensis Lavallée ex Zabel Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 10: 93 (1901).
Lonicera xylosteum var. crococarpa Murr Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 12: 32 (1894).
Lonicera xylosteum f. elliptica Beck Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 2: 155 (1887).
Lonicera xylosteum var. glabrescens Zabel Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 10: 92 (1901).
Lonicera xylosteum f. glabrescens Zabel Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 10: 92 (1901).
Lonicera xylosteum f. lutea (Veill.) Rehder Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 138 (1903).
Lonicera xylosteum var. lutea Veill. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbriss., nouv. éd., 1: 52 (1801).
Lonicera xylosteum var. mollis Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866(Suppl.): 31 (1867 publ. 1868).
Lonicera xylosteum f. mollis (Regel) Rehder Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 139 (1903).
Lonicera xylosteum f. subcordata Zabel Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 10: 92 (1901).
Lonicera xylosteum var. xanthocarpa DC. Prodr. 4: 335 (1830).
Xylosteon dumetorum Moench Methodus: 502 (1794).
Xylosteon vulgare Röhl. Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2, 2: 176 (1812).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lonicera xilosteum L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lonicera xylosteum L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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