Caprifoliaceae (incl. Dipsacaceae and Valerianaceae)
This list of genera was made in May 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Bell et al. 2015, Carlson et al. 2009 and 2012, Landrein et al. 2012, Liu et al. 2025, Mayer et al. 2013 and Wang et al. 2015. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Abelia R.Br. | ||
| Acanthocalyx (DC.) M.J.Cannon | ||
| Aligera Suksd. | Valeriana L. | |
| Astrephia Dufr. | Valeriana L. | |
| Bassecoia B.L.Burtt | ||
| Centranthus Lam. ex DC. | ||
| Cephalaria Schrad. | ||
| Diabelia Landrein | ||
| Diervilla Mill. | ||
| Dipelta Maxim. | ||
| Dipsacus L. | ||
| Fedia Gaertn. | Valerianella Mill. | |
| Heptacodium Rehder | ||
| Knautia L. | ||
| Kolkwitzia Graebn. | ||
| Leycesteria Wall. | ||
| Linnaea Gronov. | ||
| Lomelosia Raf. | ||
| Lonicera L. | ||
| Morina L. | ||
| Nardostachys DC. | ||
| Patrinia Juss. | ||
| Phyllactis Pers. | Valeriana L. | |
| Plectritis DC. | Valeriana L. | |
| Pseudoscabiosa Devesa | ||
| Pterocephalidium G.López | ||
| Pterocephalus Vaill. ex Adans. | ||
| Pycnocomon Hoffmanns. & Link | ||
| Scabiosa L. | Tremastelma Raf. | |
| Stangea Graebn. | Valeriana L. | |
| Succisa Haller | ||
| Succisella Beck | ||
| Symphoricarpos Duhamel | ||
| Tremastelma Raf. | Scabiosa L. | |
| Triosteum L. | ||
| Triplostegia Wall. ex DC. | ||
| Valeriana L. | Aligera Suksd., Astrephia Dufr., Phyllactis Pers., Plectritis DC., Stangea Graebn. | |
| Valerianella Mill. | Fedia Gaertn. | |
| Vesalea M.Martens & Galeotti | ||
| Weigela Thunb. | ||
| Zabelia (Rehder) Makino |
References
- Bell, C.D., Calderon, G., Gonzalez, L., Scholz, A., Liede-Schumann, S. (2015). Resolving relationships within Valerianaceae (Dipsacales): New insights and hypotheses from Low-Copy nuclear regions. Systematic Botany, 40, 1, 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364415X686611
- Carlson, S. E., Linder, H. P., Donoghue, M. J. (2012). The historical biogeography of Scabiosa (Dipsacaceae): Implications for Old World plant disjunctions. Journal of Biogeography, 39, 6, 1086-1100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02669.x
- Carlson, S.E., Mayer, V., Donoghue, M.J. (2009). Phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy, and morphological evolution in Dipsacaceae (Dipsacales) inferred by DNA sequence data. Taxon, 58, 1075-1091. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.584003
- Landrein, S., Prenner, G., Chase, M.W., Clarkson, J.J. (2012). Abelia and relatives: phylogenetics of Linnaeeae (Dipsacales–Caprifoliaceae s.l.) and a new interpretation of their inflorescence morphology, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 169, 4, 692–713. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01257.x
- Liu, P.H., Yuan, Q., Liu, H., Qin, L.L., Wei, Y., Li, X.M., Ren, F., Ma, X.L., Liu, H.R. (2025). Comprehensive analysis of complete chloroplast genome sequence of Morina L. Scientific reports, 15, 14858. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99504-9
- Mayer, V., Ehrendorfer, F. (2013). The phylogenetic position of Pterocephalidium and the new African genus Pterothamnus within an improved classification of Dipsacaceae. Taxon, 62, 112-126. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.621010
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
- Wang, H.F., Landrein, S., Dong, W.P., Nie, Z.L., Kondo, K., Funamoto, T., Wen, J., Zhou, S.L. (2015). Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeographic Diversification of Linnaeoideae (Caprifoliaceae s. l.) Disjunctly Distributed in Eurasia, North America and Mexico. PLoS ONE 10, 3: e0116485. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116485
Foto: Dipsacus L. © Suvrat Kotagal