Caprifolium Mill.
, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. [unpaged] (1754).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326318-2
- Publication
- The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the methods of cultivating and improving all sorts of trees, plants, and flowers, for the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, as also those which are used in medicine : with directions for the culture of vineyards, and making of wine in England : in which likewise are included the practical parts of husbandry ...4th ed., corrected and enlarged. London
- Collation
- [unpaged]
- Date of Publication
- 28 Jan 1754
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Caprifoliaceae
Remarks
nom. syn. of Lonicera Linnaeus 1753 (by lectotypification). Etymology: From capra, a goat, and folimn, a leaf; a metaphorical name, alluding to the power of these plants of scrambling up hedges and rough places, as goats up rocks. (vide Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1232. 1829)