Caprifoliaceae
The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 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.
| Caprifoliaceae | |
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| Lonicera japonica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae Juss. |
| Type genus | |
| Lonicera | |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dipsacaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 194. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789) nom. cons. | |
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