English: Twinflowers.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Linnaeaceae is an early diverging lineage of the
Dipsacales.
In the
Plant theory Linnaeaceae is put tentatively in
Subphase 2.
FamiliesLinnaeaceae: Abelia, Diabelia, Dipelta, Kolkwitzia, Linnaea, Vesalea.
Diervillaceae: Diervilla, Macrodiervilla, Weigela, Weigelastrum.
BotanyFruit: capsular.
LiteratureWang, 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.