Content: valerenic acid; iridoid glycosids; salysilic acid.
TaxonomyDipsacales is long recognised as an Order and is placed in
Campanulidae in the Apg classifications. In the
Apg1 classification it had 3 Families
Caprifoliaceae,
Dipsacaceae, Diervillaceae,
Linnaeaceae, Morinaceae and
Valerianaceae. In the
Apg3 classification the Families have been fused and only 2 families are recognised:
Adoxaceae with Sambucus and Viburnum in it and Caprifoliacae. Caprifolicaeae has several subfamilies: Caprifolieae,
Diervilleae, Linnaeae,
Dipsacaceae, Morindaceae and
Valerianaceae.
The Order
Paracryphiales, with one family
Paracryphiaceae, has been difficult to place in older classifications and is placed as a near alley of the
Dipsacales in the
Apg3 classification.
In the
Plant theory the subfamilies of the
Caprifoliaceae are treated as families.
Paracryphiaceae is combined in the
Dipsacales.
There are relatively few genera in this Order and thus in the Families. The consequence is that there are not enough genera for each Stage of each
Family. A discussion about this can be found in Chapter
Discussion Complexity.
Subphases1.
Adoxaceae2.
Linnaeaceae3.
Valerianaceae4.
Dipsacaceae, Morinaceae
5. Caprifolicaeae
6.
Diervilleaceae7.
ParacryphiaceaeLiteratureJacobs, Bart & others; hylogeny of the Linnaea clade: Are Abelia and Zabelia closely related?; Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (2010) 741–752 ; doi 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.007; 2010.