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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. Comment: 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. Zimbabwe: 6 cultivated genera and 14 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Abelia R. Br. | Description |
| Kolkwitzia Graebn. | |
| Lonicera L. | Description, Image |
| Sambucus L. | Description |
| Viburnum L. | Description |
| Weigela Thunb. | Description |
Other sources of information about Caprifoliaceae:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: CaprifoliaceaeFlora of the DRC: Caprifoliaceae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Caprifoliaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Caprifoliaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Caprifoliaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CaprifoliaceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Caprifoliaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Caprifoliaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Caprifoliaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Caprifoliaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Caprifoliaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Caprifoliaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Caprifoliaceae
Wikipedia: Caprifoliaceae
Plants of the World Online: Caprifoliaceae
Tropicos: Caprifoliaceae
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