''Lonicera cerviculata'' is a shrub in the genus ''
Lonicera
Honeysuckles are arching shrubs or twining vines in the genus ''Lonicera'' () of the family Caprifoliaceae, native to northern latitudes in North America and Eurasia. Approximately 180 species of honeysuckle have been identified in both contin ...
'', family
Caprifoliaceae
The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America an ...
, native to the
Sierra Madre Occidental
The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American ...
near the boundary between the Mexican states of
Chihuahua and
Sonora.
[S.S.White, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 28: 441. 1947.] It is a shrub up to 1.5 m tall with juicy, globose orange berries.
[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.]
References
cerviculata
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Chihuahua (state)
Flora of Sonora
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