| Classification |
| Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order Type: Eudicots-Asterids II
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Adoxaceae
Family common Name: Elderberry Family
Genus: Viburnum, Sambucus |
Defining Features: Viburnum
has its stipules represented as nectar glands.
Defining Morphology: Floral
Features: Inflorescences are determinate, usually umbellate and has many
small flowers. Flowers are bisexual and actinomorphic. Flowers are 5 or
4 merous. Nectaries are present. Ovaries are inferior or half-inferior
with axile placentation. Fruit and Seed Features: Dicotyledon. Fruit is
a drupe. Vegetative Features: Habit as herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves are
opposite, simple or compound (pinnate in Sambucus). Leaf margin is entire
or toothed. Stipulate or estipulate.
Distribution: Mostly are in
north temperate and some in tropical mountainous.
Economic Use: As cultivated
garden ornamentals. Elderberries used in jellies and wine making.
Number of Genera Globally:
5
Number of Species Globally: 245
