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Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family
Description of the family
Shrubs, sometimes climbing. Stipules present or 0. Leaves opposite, simple (Lonicera) or compound (Sambucus). Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, 4-5-merous. Corolla gamopetalous, sometimes 2-lipped. Ovary inferior, 2-5-locular. Fruit a berry or drupe. A family represented in the flora area by two introduced species. Similar to Rubiaceae but differing in having either minute stipules or none at all. Worldwide: 15 genera and 420 species, occurring in Eurasia, America, Australia, the Mediterranean and on tropical African mountains. |
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Links to genera: (2) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Lonicera L. | Description, Image |
| Sambucus L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Caprifoliaceae:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Caprifoliaceae pageGRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Caprifoliaceae
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