A Adoxaceae occurs as little personal of flowering plants in the order Dipsacales, as today constituted comprising tierce genera & astir 150-200 coinage. These are characterized by paired leaves, small 5-five-petaled flowers in heavy umbels or even panicles, & a fruit being a berry.

Around older classifications, a personal comprised a individual coinage Adoxa moschatellina (Moschatel). A genera Sambucus (elders) and Viburnum (viburnums) were previously involved in the family caprifoliaceae Caprifoliaceae, but inherited tests per Angiosperm Phylogeny Group showed they are better situated on text.

Moschatel occurs as little perennial herbaceous plant, flowering early inside a spring and death down to ground level in summertime immediately fallowing a berries come matured; the leaves ate compound.

A elders come mostly shrubs, but deuce metal money come big herbaceous plants; tons use at times compound leaves. A viburnums come 100% bush, by having elementary leaves.

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