Author/Editor		Jogan, Nejc; Plazar, Janja
Title		Lonicera japonica Thunb. - nova natularizirana vrsta slovenske flore
Translated title		Lonicera japonica Thunb. - new naturalized plant species in Slovenian flora
Type		članek
Source		Annales Koper
Vol. and No.		Letnik 8, št. 13
Publication year		1998
Volume		str. 125-8
Language		slo
Abstract		Lonicera japonica Thunb. is an Asian species similar to L. caprifolium, from which it can be easily distinguished by mostly evergreen, often lobed leaves and by hairy stem and flowers (Fig. I). L. japonica has been an invasive plant in N America and W Europe. Despite the fact that its colonization of Slovenia most probably began some decades ago, L. japonica has been discovered in Slovenia only recently. Itsž actually known distribution (Fig. 2) is linked to the planar part of the Submediterranean Slovenia, where it has became naturalized in several damp and shady or ruderal localities. In the future we can expect further spreading of this species along the rivers towards the continental Slovenia and also to Croatian Istria (where this species has been recorded only once, i.e. in the vicinity of Novigrad). We can conclude that with the case of L. japonica the importance of the "western route" for the spreading of neophytes to Slovenia has been confirmed again, so in the future we must take care of potential neophytes appearing in this are9. We can see that several Asian neophytic species including L. japonica are not invasive only in Europe (where due to ice-ages.floristic diversity is relatively low) but also in other temperate parts of the world where they have been brought to by man. So, despite the fact that the term "weed" is not a biological one; we can treat such species as "global weeds".
Summary		Japonsko kosteničje (Lonicera japonica Thunb.) je azijska vrsta, ki se je razširila v zahodni Sloveniji in je po vsej verjetnosti k nam prišla iz severovzhodne Italije. V Sloveniji je bila odkrita šele pred nedavnim, očitno pa se to širi že dlje in se je medtem že dodobra naturalizirala.
Descriptors		PLANTS ECOSYSTEM SLOVENIA