In traditional Chinese medicine,Lonicerae Japonicae Flos is commonly used as anti-inflammatory,antiviral,and antipyretic herbal medicine,and geo-authentic herbs are believed to present the highest quality among all samples from different regions.To discuss the current situation and trend of geo-authentic Lonicerae Japonicae Flos,we searched Chinese Biomedicine Literature Database,Chinese Joual Full-text Database,Chinese Scientific Joual Full-text Database,Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials,Wanfang,and PubMed.We investigated all studies up to November 2015 pertaining to quality assessment,discrimination,pharmacological effects,planting or processing,or ecological system of geo-authentic Lonicerae Japonicae Flos.Sixty-five studies mainly discussing about chemical fingerprint,component analysis,planting and processing,discrimination between varieties,ecological system,pharmacological effects,and safety were systematically reviewed.By analyzing these studies,we found that the key points of geo-authentic Lonicerae Japonicae Flos research were quality and application.Further studies should focus on improving the quality by selecting the more superior of all varieties and evaluating clinical effectiveness.