Family
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Lonicera ligustrina yunnanensis. Photo: (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family are a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species in 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and eastern Asia, while they are absent in tropical and southern Africa.