Lonicera implexa

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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| image = Loniceraimplexa.jpg

| genus = Lonicera

| species = implexa

| authority = Soland.

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Lonicera implexa, sometimes known by the common but nonspecific names Minorca, evergreen or Mediterranean honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plants in the Caprifoliaceae family.{{Cite web |title=Lonicera implexa {{!}} Minorca honeysuckle /RHS |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/10476/lonicera-implexa/details |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=www.rhs.org.uk |language=en-gb}} As with most Lonicera (honeysuckle) species, L. implexa is a climbing plant growing to 2.5 m or more.{{Cite web|title=Lonicera implexa Soland. - Encyclopedia of Life|url=https://eol.org/pages/7019976|access-date=2022-02-04|website=eol.org}}

Lonicera implexa is native to the Mediterranean region. In southern Europe, it can be found along the entire European Mediterranean region, with its native range includes Portugal and Spain (including the Balearic islands), southern France (including Corsica), Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Malta,{{Cite web |last=Mifsud |first=Stephen |date=2002-08-23 |title=Lonicera implexa (Evergreen Honeysuckle) : MaltaWildPlants.com - the online Flora of the Maltese Islands. |url=https://www.maltawildplants.com/CAPR/Lonicera_implexa.php |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=www.maltawildplants.com |language=en-us}} Western Balkans, Greece (including East Aegean islands) and the European part of Turkey (East Thrace). In northern Africa, its range is limited to the Mediterranean region of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.{{Cite web |title=Lonicera implexa Aiton {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148839-1 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Lonicera implexa Aiton |url=https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000359592 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230407221516/http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000359592 |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=www.worldfloraonline.org |language=en}}

Lonicera implexa is sometimes cultivated as a garden plant outside of its native range, having been first introduced to the United Kingdom in 1772.{{Cite web |title=Lonicera implexa - Trees and Shrubs Online |url=https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/lonicera/lonicera-implexa/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=www.treesandshrubsonline.org}}