Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lonicera tangutica Maximowicz; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-P?tersbourg; S?r. 3; 24: 48. 1878.
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Caprifolium tanguticum (Maximowicz) Kuntze; Lonicera aemulans Rehder; L. chlamydata W. W. Smith; L. chlamydophora W. W. Smith (1913); not K. Koch (1851); L. cylindriflora Handel-Mazzetti; L. fangii S. S. Chien; L. flavipes Rehder; L. glandulifera S. S. Chien; L. guebriantiana Handel-Mazzetti; L. inconspicua Batalin; L. kungeana K. S. Hao; L. longa Rehder; L. penduliflora Pax & K. Hoffmann; L. saccata Rehder; L. saccata f. calva Rehder; L. saccata var. tangiana (S. S. Chien) P. S. Hsu & H. J. Wang; L. saccata f. wilsonii Rehder; L. schneideriana Rehder; L. serpyllifolia Rehder; L. shensiensis (Rehder) Rehder; L. szechuanica Batalin; L. taipeiensis P. S. Hsu & H. J. Wang; L. tangiana S. S. Chien; L. tangutica var. glabra Batalin; ??L. trichopoda Franchet; L. trichopoda Franchet var. shensiensis Rehder; L. wulingensis Nakai.
Shrubs; deciduous; to 2(?4) m tall. Young branches pubescent or glabrous; sometimes mixed with short glandular hairs; branchlets of previous year brownish; winter buds acuminate or acute; scales 2?4 pairs; ovate or ovate-lanceolate; with short stiff hairs; ciliate; or glabrous; apex acuminate or acute. Petiole 2?3 mm; leaf blade oblanceolate to oblong or obovate to elliptic; 1?4(?8) ? 0.5?2 cm; papery; both surfaces pubescent; sometimes subglabrous or glabrous; base attenuate; apex obtuse or ? acute. Peduncle axillary on lower part of young branches; slightly nodding; 1?3(?4.5) cm; slender; pubescent or glabrous; bracts narrow; sometimes leaflike; slightly shorter than or slightly exceeding calyx lobes; bracteoles separate or united; 1/5?1/4 as long as calyx tube; ciliate or not. Neighboring 2 calyx tubes united to above middle or completely united; elliptic or oblong; 2(?4) mm; glabrous or pubescent; limb cupular; 2/5?1/2 as long as or equaling tube; apex dentate or undulate to truncate; sometimes ciliate. Corolla white; yellow-white; or tinged reddish; tubular-infundibuliform; (8?)10?13 mm; swollen or shallowly gibbous slightly on one side at base of tube; outside glabrous or sometimes with sparse stiff hairs; lobes suberect; orbicular-ovate; 2?3 mm. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube. Styles exceeding corolla lobes; glabrous or with sparse spreading stiff hairs on middle and lower parts. Fruit red; 5?6 mm in diam.; seeds brownish; ovoid or oblong; 2?2.5 mm. Fl. May?Jun; fr. Jul?Sep.
[??*] Forests; grasslands on mountain slopes; scrub at stream sides; 1600?3500(?3900) m. Anhui; Gansu; Guizhou; Hebei; Henan; W Hubei; W Hunan; Ningxia; E Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; NW Yunnan [??Myanmar].