Lonicera pileata Oliv. (syn.: L. ligustrina Wall. var. pileata (Oliv.) Franch.) (China) – A rather rare but increasing escape from cultivation, first recorded from a cemetery in Izegem and from the ruins of the lapidarium in Ieper, both in 2004. Subsequently recorded from several other locations but much more rare than Lonicera nitida and, for the time being, probably not becoming naturalised yet. Both share the same habitats and are sometimes found together, for instance in woodland in Ardooie in 2008 (‘t Veld).
This species is often barely distinguished from (forms of) Lonicera nitida. See under that species and Schulz (2011).
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Selected literature
Adolphi K. (1995) Neophytische Kultur- und Anbaupflanzen als Kulturflüchtlinge des Rheinlandes. Nardus 2: 272 p.
Armitage J. & Costain K. (2017) Name changes for Lonicera nitida and L. pileata. Plantsman N.S. 16(4): 232-235.
Clement E.J. (1984) Lonicera spp in Great Britain and Ireland. BSBI News 37: 22-23.
Clement E.J. (2003) More about Lonicera nitida. BSBI News 94: 34-35.
Crawley M.J. (2004) Distinguishing Lonicera nitida and L. pileata. BSBI News 95: 48.
Schneider F. (1971) Lonicera pileata en L. nitida. Dendroflora 8: 42-45.
Schulz B. (2011) Die Immergrüne Heckenkirsche Lonicera pileata Oliver 1887 (Caprifoliaceae) und ihre Varietäten (var. pileata und var. yunnanensis stat. nov.). Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 96: 93-98.
Wilcox M. (2016) Lonicera nitida (Wilson's honeysuckle) and L. pileata (box-leaved honeysuckle). BSBI News 132: 34-38.
Yeo P.F. (1964) Lonicera pileata and L. nitida in cultivation. Baileya 12: 56-66.