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The Adoxaceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Dipsacales, as now constituted comprising five genera and about 150-200 species. They are characterised by opposite toothed leaves, small five- or, more rarely, four-petalled flowers in cymose inflorescences, and the fruit being a drupe. They are thus similar to many Cornaceae. In older classifications, this entire family was part of Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family). ''Adoxa moschatellina'' (Moschatel) was the first plant to be moved to this new group. Much later, the genera ''Sambucus'' (elders) and ''Viburnum'' were added after careful morphological analysis of biochemical tests by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. An additional monotypic genus ''Sinadoxa'' has been added based on molecular comparison with ''Adoxa''. ''Adoxa'' is a small perennial herbaceous plant, flowering early in the spring and dying down to ground level in summer immediately after the berries are mature; the leaves are compound. The elders are mostly shrubs, but two species are large herbaceous plants; all have compound leaves. The viburnums are all shrubs, with simple leaves. ==Gallery== Image:Viburnum davidii.jpg|''Viburnum davidii'' foliage and fruit Image:Sambucus racemosa2.jpg|''Sambucus racemosa'' flowers Image:Sambucus nigra0.jpg|''Sambucus nigra'' flowers Image:Elderberryfruit5081.JPG|''Sambucus canadensis'' foliage and fruit File:Viburnum grandiflorum I IMG 7005.jpg| ''Viburnum grandiflorum'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adoxaceae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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