The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is because of recent taxonomic work one of the most confusing families I have encountered, and there have been a lot of changes. Although previous classifications had 880 species in 42 genera, APG IV gives the number of genera as 13 and the number of species as about 330. It has traditionally been placed in order Dipsacales and is closely related to the Valerianaceae. Some well known genera such as Viburnum and Sambucus have been moved out of the family either to Adoxaceae or to families of their own. Restricted to the northern temperate regions, it is a family of mostly shrubs and viney species with a few her- baceous ones. The leaves are typically opposite and estipulate, and the flowers are tubular and funnel- or bell-shaped, usually with five outwardly spreading lobes, while the fruits are most often berries or drupes. The family's best known members are the honeysuckles. A number of species have edible fruits.