Himalayan Honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa) - Detail

Species Detail - Himalayan Honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).

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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).

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Scientific Name Leycesteria formosa

Common Name Himalayan Honeysuckle

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0000460318 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Leycesteria crocothyrsos auct., non Airy Shaw , Leycesteria formosa Wallich.

Designations Invasive Species: Medium Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report)

Abbreviation lefor

Authority Wall.

Group Flowering plant

Rank Species

Number Of Records 13

Number Of 10Km Squares 8

Number Of 50Km Squares 8

Oldest Record 22/05/2010

Newest Record 30/09/2016

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 1 January (recorded in 2018)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 31 December (recorded in 2017)

Species Profiles

Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Himalayan Honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa), accessed 03 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/42928>

Species Detail - Himalayan Honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)