Morinaceae
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Morinaceae is a family
of plants in the order Dipsacales
. The Genus Morina has also been included in family Dipsacaceae
. Currently three genera are listed in this family:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of plants in the order Dipsacales
Dipsacales
The Dipsacales are an order of flowering plants, included within the asterid group of dicotyledons.Under the Cronquist system, the order included Adoxaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacaceae, and Valerianaceae. Under the more recent Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, the circumscription of the order is...
. The Genus Morina has also been included in family Dipsacaceae
Dipsacaceae
The Dipsacaceae, or teasel family, of the order Dipsacales contains 350 species of perennial or biennial herbs and shrubs in eleven genera. Native to most temperate climates, they are found in Europe, Asia and Africa...
. Currently three genera are listed in this family:
- AcanthocalyxAcanthocalyxAcanthocalyx is a genus of about three species of vegetation in the family Dipsacaceae, sometimes included in Morinaceae, native to Sino-HimalayanRegion.Species*Acanthocalyx alba M.J.Cannon...
- A. alba, A. albus, A. delavayi, A. nepalensis.
- Cryptothladia
- C. chinensis, C. chlorantha, C. kokonorica, C. polyphylla
- MorinaMorina----Morina is a genus of the angiosperm family Morinaceae. It is the provincial flower of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Morina is named in honor of Louis-Pierre Morin , a french physician and botanist....
- 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.