Morina

For other uses, see Morina (disambiguation).

Morina is a genus flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 14 species native to Eurasia, ranging from southeastern Europe through Western and Central Asia to the Himalayas, China, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.^[1] It is named in honor of Louis Morin de Saint-Victor (1635–1715), a French physician, botanist and meteorologist.^[2]

Morina
Inflorescence of M. longifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Dipsacales
Family:	Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily:	Morinoideae
Genus:	Morina L. (1753)
Species[1]
14; see text
Synonyms[1]
Acanthocalyx (DC.) M.J.Cannon (1984) Asaphes Spreng. (1827), nom. illeg. Cryptothladia (Bunge) M.J.Cannon (1984)

It is unofficially the provincial flower of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

Species

14 species are accepted.^[1]

• Morina alba Hand.-Mazz.
• Morina bracteata C.Y.Cheng & H.B.Chen
• Morina chinensis Y.Y.Pai
• Morina chlorantha Diels
• Morina coulteriana Royle
• Morina kokanica Regel
• Morina kokonorica K.S.Hao
• Morina longifolia Wall. ex DC.
• Morina ludlowii (M.J.Cannon) D.Y.Hong
• Morina nepalensis D.Don
• Morina parviflora Kar. & Kir.
• Morina persica L.
• Morina polyphylla Wall. ex DC.
• Morina subinermis Boiss.