郁香忍冬Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. et Paxt.
郁香忍冬Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. et Paxt.
61. 郁香忍冬（中国高等植物图鉴） 四月红（河北内丘）
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. et Paxt. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. 3: 75, fig. 268. 1852; Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 24 (in Mel. Biol. 10: 66): 42. 1878; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23: 901. 1888; Dipp. Handb. Laubh. 1: 226, fig. 144. 1889; Rehd. Syn. Lonicera 82. 1903; Hutch. in Bot. Mag. 140: no. 8585. 1914; 中国高等植物图鉴 4: 289, 图5991. 1975; 徐炳声、王汉津, 植物分类学报 22(1): 27. 1984. ——Caprifolium fragrantissimum O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 274. 1891.
《Flora of China》 Vol. 19 (2011)
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindley & Paxton in Paxton Fl. Gard. 3: 75. 1852.
郁香忍冬 yu xiang ren dong
Shrubs, deciduous, to 2 m tall. Winter buds with a pair of acute, cartilaginous outer scales covering membranous inner scales. Young branches usually with reflexed bristles. Petiole 2-5 mm, hirsute; leaf blade sometimes paler abaxially, variable in shape, obovate or ovate to lanceolate, 3-8.5 × 1-4.5 cm, glabrous to pubescent or hirsute, base subcordate to cuneate, margin ciliate or subglabrous, sometimes slightly revolute, apex rounded to acuminate. Inflorescences axillary with paired flowers at base of new shoots; flowers fragrant, opening early in spring; peduncle 1-15 mm, glabrous to hirsute; bracts leaflike to lanceolate, 7-10 mm; bracteoles absent. Paired ovaries fused to middle or above, 1-3 mm. Calyx cupular, truncate or minutely lobed, sometimes ciliate, not constricted at base. Corolla bilabiate, white to pink, 1-1.5 cm, outside glabrous to hirsute; tube 4-5 mm, inside densely puberulent, shallowly gibbous toward base; upper lip ca. 7 mm, lobed to middle; lower lip recurved, ca. 8 mm. Stamens and style exserted from corolla tube; filaments unequal in length. Style glabrous. Berries red, oblong, ca. 1 cm, partly united; seeds brown, slightly compressed, oblong, ca. 3.5 mm, with shallow pits. Fl. Jan-Apr, fr. Apr-Jun.
● Forests, scrub; 100-2700 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang.
别名：羊奶子;香忍冬;香吉利子;苦糖果;四月红;木本忍冬;山铜盆;sweet breath of spring;
科名：忍冬科 Caprifoliaceae
属名：忍冬属 Lonicera
61. 郁香忍冬（中国高等植物图鉴） 四月红（河北内丘）
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. et Paxt. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. 3: 75, fig. 268. 1852; Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 24 (in Mel. Biol. 10: 66): 42. 1878; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23: 901. 1888; Dipp. Handb. Laubh. 1: 226, fig. 144. 1889; Rehd. Syn. Lonicera 82. 1903; Hutch. in Bot. Mag. 140: no. 8585. 1914; 中国高等植物图鉴 4: 289, 图5991. 1975; 徐炳声、王汉津, 植物分类学报 22(1): 27. 1984. ——Caprifolium fragrantissimum O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 274. 1891.
《Flora of China》 Vol. 19 (2011)
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindley & Paxton in Paxton Fl. Gard. 3: 75. 1852.
郁香忍冬 yu xiang ren dong
Shrubs, deciduous, to 2 m tall. Winter buds with a pair of acute, cartilaginous outer scales covering membranous inner scales. Young branches usually with reflexed bristles. Petiole 2-5 mm, hirsute; leaf blade sometimes paler abaxially, variable in shape, obovate or ovate to lanceolate, 3-8.5 × 1-4.5 cm, glabrous to pubescent or hirsute, base subcordate to cuneate, margin ciliate or subglabrous, sometimes slightly revolute, apex rounded to acuminate. Inflorescences axillary with paired flowers at base of new shoots; flowers fragrant, opening early in spring; peduncle 1-15 mm, glabrous to hirsute; bracts leaflike to lanceolate, 7-10 mm; bracteoles absent. Paired ovaries fused to middle or above, 1-3 mm. Calyx cupular, truncate or minutely lobed, sometimes ciliate, not constricted at base. Corolla bilabiate, white to pink, 1-1.5 cm, outside glabrous to hirsute; tube 4-5 mm, inside densely puberulent, shallowly gibbous toward base; upper lip ca. 7 mm, lobed to middle; lower lip recurved, ca. 8 mm. Stamens and style exserted from corolla tube; filaments unequal in length. Style glabrous. Berries red, oblong, ca. 1 cm, partly united; seeds brown, slightly compressed, oblong, ca. 3.5 mm, with shallow pits. Fl. Jan-Apr, fr. Apr-Jun.
● Forests, scrub; 100-2700 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang.
