Caprifoliaceae

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Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Juss.[1]
Type genus
Lonicera

Genera

See text

Synonyms[2]

Dipsacaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 194. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789) nom. cons.
Valerianaceae Batsch, Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 227. 1802 [2 May 1802] (1802) nom. cons.

The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a

genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and eastern Asia, while they are absent in tropical and southern Africa
.

Description

The flowering plants in this clade are mostly

bracts. The fruit is in most cases a berry or a drupe. The genera Diervilla and Weigela have capsular fruit, while Heptacodium has an achene
.

Taxonomy

Views of the family-level classification of the traditionally accepted Caprifoliaceae and other plants in the botanical order Dipsacales have been considerably revised in recent decades. Most botanists now accept the placement of two of the most familiar members of this group, the elderberries (Sambucus) and the viburnums (Viburnum), in the family Adoxaceae instead; these were formerly classified here.

Several other families of the more broadly treated Caprifoliaceae s.l. are separated by some but not all authors; these are treated as subfamilies in the listing of selected genera below,[3] along with estimated numbers of species.

Flowering shoot of Lonicera caprifolium. 1, Fruit; 2, horizontal plan of flower.

Diervilloideae

Caprifolioideae s.s.

Linnaeoideae

  • Abelia: 30 species
  • Dipelta
    : 4 species
  • Kolkwitzia
     (beautybush): 1 species
  • Linnaea (twinflower): 1 species

Morinoideae

Dipsacoideae

Valerianoideae

Uses

The plants belonging to this family are mainly hardy shrubs or vines of

Lonicera, and Weigela. Valerianella locusta
is cultivated for use in food.

A few, however, have become

invasive weeds outside their native ranges (such as Lonicera japonica
).

References

  1. hdl:10654/18083
    .
  2. ^ a b "Caprifoliaceae Juss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website".

Other sources

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Caprifoliaceae".
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