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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Leycesteria''
| image = Leycesteria formosa.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Leycesteria formosa''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
| familia = [[Caprifoliaceae]]
| genus = '''''Leycesteria'''''
| genus_authority = [[Nathaniel Wallich|Wall.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Leycesteria crocothyrsos]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria formosa]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria glaucophylla]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria gracilis]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria sinensis]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria stipulata]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria thibetica]]''
}}
'''''Leycesteria''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[honeysuckle]] family [[Caprifoliaceae]], native to temperate [[Asia]] in the [[Himalaya]] and southwestern [[China]].
It contains six or seven species of [[shrub]]s with short-lived stems with soft wood, growing to 1-2.5 m tall. One species, ''[[Leycesteria formosa]]'' (Himalayan Honeysuckle or Flowering Nutmeg), is a popular garden shrub in Britain.
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=118484 Flora of China: species list]
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=118484 Flora of Nepal: species list]
[[Category:Caprifoliaceae]]
{{Dipsacales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Leycesteria''
| image = Leycesteria formosa.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Leycesteria formosa''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
| familia = [[Caprifoliaceae]]
| genus = '''''Leycesteria'''''
| genus_authority = [[Nathaniel Wallich|Wall.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Leycesteria crocothyrsos]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria formosa]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria glaucophylla]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria gracilis]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria sinensis]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria stipulata]]''<br/>
''[[Leycesteria thibetica]]''
}}
'''''Leycesteria''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[honeysuckle]] family [[Caprifoliaceae]], native to temperate [[Asia]] in the [[Himalaya]] and southwestern [[China]].
It contains six or seven species of [[shrub]]s with short-lived stems with soft wood, growing to 1-2.5 m tall. One species, ''[[Leycesteria formosa]]'' (Himalayan Honeysuckle or Flowering Nutmeg), is a popular garden shrub in Britain.
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=118484 Flora of China: species list]
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=118484 Flora of Nepal: species list]
[[Category:Caprifoliaceae]]
{{Dipsacales-stub}}
