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Morinoideae is a subfamily of plants in the
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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 easte ...
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Dipsacales The Dipsacales are an order of flowering plants, included within the asterid group of dicotyledons. In the APG III system of 2009, the order includes only two families, Adoxaceae and a broadly defined Caprifoliaceae. Some well-known members of ...
. It was at one time recognized as the separate family Morinaceae. The genus ''Morina'' has also been included in a separate family Dipsacaceae, currently included in Caprifoliaceae. Three genera have been included in this subfamily: * '' Acanthocalyx'' : ''A. alba, A. albus, A. delavayi, A. nepalensis.'' * ''Cryptothladia'' : ''C. chinensis, C. chlorantha, C. kokonorica, C. polyphylla'' * '' Morina'' : ''M. couteriana, M. longifolia, M. persica'' : '' M. longifolia'' has the common names "whorl flower" and "Persian steppe flower." This species has cultivars: ''M. delavaya'' and ''M. wallichii''.


References

*Cannon MJ, Cannon JFM. 1984. A revision of the Morinaceae (Magnoliophyta-Dipsacales). vol. 12. ''Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot.'', 35p. *Bell, C. D. & M. J. Donoghue. 2003. Phylogeny of Morinaceae (Dipsacales) based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. Organisms, Diversity, & Evolution 3:227-237. Dipsacales {{Dipsacales-stub