Lonicera cerviculata is a shrub in the genus Lonicera, family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Sierra Madre Occidental near the boundary between the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora.[1] It is a shrub up to 1.5 m tall with juicy, globose orange berries.[2][3]

Lonicera cerviculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera
Species:
L. cerviculata
Binomial name
Lonicera cerviculata
S.S.White

References

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  1. ^ S.S.White, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 28: 441. 1947.
  2. ^ Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991a. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.
  3. ^ Paul S. Martin; Thomas R. Van Devender; David A. Yetman; Mark E. Fishbein; Philip D. Jenkins. 1998. Gentry's Rio Mayo Plants. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.