Caprifoliaceae

Caprifoliaceae or the Honeysuckle Family is from the order of Dipsacales. It includes about 53 genera and 857 species. It is best known for its vines and shrubs. But it includes trees and herbs as well. Most species are from North America and Eastern Asia. The plants in this family are mostly ornamental.

Most Caprifoliaceae family members have opposite leaves. The flowers are bilaterally symmetric. They have capitate stigma and a nectary which is made of densely packed hairs and is located at the inner part of the corolla tube. Ovaries are inferior. The fruits are fleshy, berries or drupe with either one or a few seeds.

Largest genera is Lonicera which includes about 180 species. Among them is the Honeysuckle, a fragrant favorite of many gardeners. Scabiosa with almost 30 species is another popular genus.

The genera in the Caprifoliaceae family include:

Abelia
Acanthocalyx
Aligera
Aretiastrum
Asterocephalus
Astrephia
Bassecoia
Belonanthus
Calyptrostigma
Calysphyrum
Caprifolium
Cavaleriella
Centranthus
Cephalaria
Chamaecerasus
Cryptothladia
Devendraea
Diabelia
Diervilla
Dipelta
Dipsacus
Ebulum
Fedia
Heptacodium
Kantemon
Kentranthus
Knautia
Kolkwitzia
Lepicephalus
Leycesteria
Linnaea
Lomelosia
Lonicera
Macrodiervilla
Metalonicera
Microtinus
Morina
Nardostachys
Nintooa
Patrinia
Pentapyxis
Periclymenum
Phenianthus
Phyllactis
Plectritis
Pseudobetckea
Pseudoscabiosa
Pterocephalidium
Pterocephalodes
Pterocephalus
Pycnocomon
Scabiosa
Scabiosiopsis
Siphonella
Sixalix
Solenotinus
Spongostemma
Stangea
Succisa
Succisella
Symphoria
Symphoricarpos
Thlasidia
Thyrsosma
Triosteum
Triplostegia
Trochocephalus
Tynus
Valentiana
Valeriana
Valerianella
Vesalea
Weigela
Weigelastrum
Weigelia
Xylosteon
Zabelia