Linnaeaceae

Linnaeaceae
English: Twinflowers.
Taxonomy
In the Apg3 classification Linnaeaceae is an early diverging lineage of the Dipsacales.
In the Plant theory Linnaeaceae is put tentatively in Subphase 2.

Families
Linnaeaceae: Abelia, Diabelia, Dipelta, Kolkwitzia, Linnaea, Vesalea.
Diervillaceae: Diervilla, Macrodiervilla, Weigela, Weigelastrum.

Botany
Fruit: capsular.

Literature
Wang, Hua-Feng & others; Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeographic Diversification of Linnaeoideae (Caprifoliaceae s. l.) Disjunctly Distributed in Eurasia, North America and Mexico; PLoS ONE, March 2015; DOI: 10.1371.

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