Honeysuckle Maak ( lat. Lonicera maackii ) is a shrub , a species of the genus Honeysuckle of the family Honeysuckle ( Caprifoliaceae ). In the wild, it grows in Central Asia in northern and western China , Mongolia , Japan , Korea and southeast Russia , in the Primorsky Territory . [2]
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Etymology
The plant received its specific name in honor of Richard Karlovich Maak , a Russian naturalist of the 19th century [3] . This species is sometimes also called Amur honeysuckle since its first specimens were collected in the Amur River region. .
Botanical Description
Spreading deciduous shrub up to 5 m high.
Shoots are light gray, young with dense pubescence of short hairs.
Leaves 4.5-8.5 cm long, opposite, ovoid-elliptical or broadly lanceolate, pointed at the end, whole-marginal. The upper side of the leaf blade is dark green, the lower one is lighter. In the fall, they turn purple or purplish yellow. Petioles of leaves are short.
The flowers are white, up to 2.5 cm long, with a faint pleasant aroma. Arranged in pairs in the axils of the leaves. Flowering time is June.
The fruits are spherical, dark red, with a diameter of about 6 mm. Contain numerous small seeds. Ripen in August-September, do not fall for a long time. Inedible.
Ecology
In some regions of the USA, Maak honeysuckle is considered an undesirable invasive species and its cultivation there is limited or prohibited [4] . Seeds are spread quickly by birds eating fruit, and honeysuckle forms dense thickets that interfere with the growth of local shrubs and other plants. The abundance of Maakβs honeysuckle is controlled by cutting or burning the thickets to the root level, as well as by treatment with herbicides.
Application
Honeysuckle Maak is widely used as a decorative plant in landscape design. It grows rapidly and forms dense hedges. Several cultural forms have been created, for example, 'Erubescens' with pink flowers, 'Rem Red' with erect shoots. [5] .
Maaka honeysuckle flowers close-up
Leaves and fruits in late autumn
Leaves and fruits of honeysuckle Maak
Honeysuckle hedge Maak
Notes
- β For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- β Germplasm Resources Information Network: Lonicera maackii Archived June 5, 2011 to Wayback Machine
- β Ohio State University Pocket Gardener: L. maackii Archived July 14, 2007. (eng.)
- β USDA PLANTS DATABASE: L. maackii
- β Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening . Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5 . (eng.)
Literature
- Decorative plants of the USSR / B. N. Golovkin, L. A. Kitaeva ,. - M .: Thought, 1986. - S. 254, 255.
- Trees and Shrubs of the USSR / Ed. By P.I. Lapin. - M .: Thought, 1966 .-- S. 539.