‘Longhua’ Lonicera

Lonicera japonica ‘Fenglei’

“…Similar to 'Fenglei', flowers of two mutants 'Longhua' (Chen et al, 2013) and 'Huayao-Wanshou' (Wang et al, 2013) selected from L. macranthoides also do not open, and their CGA contents were also significantly greater than their progenitor. Possibly, nonopening flowers may be a characteristic associated with high CGA content in Lonicera species.…”

“…The current focus has been primarily on L. japonica and L. macranthoides. Wang et al (2004Wang et al ( , 2009a isolated three naturally occurring mutants: 'Jincuilei', 'Yincuilei', and 'Baiyun' from L. macranthoides in Hunan province, China, and later 'Longhua' (Chen et al, 2013) and 'Huayao-Wanshou' (Wang et al, 2013) were selected from L. macranthoides. This article reports a new cultivar Fenglei, a selection from L. japonica.…”

Lonicera macranthoides ‘Huayao-Wanshou’

“…Rooted cuttings grow more than 1 m in 3 years and plants flower thereafter. Similar to 'Longhua' (Chen et al, 2013), 'Huayao-Wanshou' can grow in different soil types with pH ranging from 5.5 to 7.5 in mountains, hills, or plains. Rooted cuttings or grafted plants should be planted 2.1 m apart (2250 plants per hectare) and fertilized before sprouting with 0.15 kg N-P 2 O 5 -K 2 O and 0.1 kg magnesium per plant.…”

“…The commercial value of flos lonicerae in the herbal medicine market has increased more than 400%; and over 30% of the current traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions have this herb as a key component (Yuan et al, 2012). The high demand for flos lonicerae has resulted in increasing activity in the evaluation of genetic resources and the selection and production of lonceras with high CGA content and high flower yield in China (Chen et al, 2013;Shang et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2004Wang et al, , 2009. Lonicera macranthoides Hands.-Mazz.…”

“…Wang et al (2004) isolated three naturally occurring mutants: 'Jincuilei', 'Yincuilei', and 'Baiyun' of L. macranthoides from Hunan province, China, which had CGA contents of 5.92%, 5.83%, and 6.97%, respectively, compared with 4.3% in their parental plants. Chen et al (2013) identified a mutant 'Longhua' from L. macranthoides populations with CGA content of 7.25%. This report documents another mutant, 'Huayao-Wanshou', from Lonicera macranthoides.…”