''Succisella'' is a

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s in the

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Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America an ...

. There are four or five species in the genus. They are all native to Europe; three are

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to the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...

.Amich, F., Devesa, J. A., & Bernardos, S. (2004)
Taxonomic revision of the genus ''Succisella'' (Dipsacaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula.
''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'', 144(3), 351-364.

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include: * '' Succisella andreae-molinae'' (not accepted by some sources) * ''

Succisella carvalhoana ''Succisella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. There are four or five species in the genus. They are all native to Europe; three are endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.Amich, F., Devesa, J. A., & Bernardos, S. (2004)Tax ...

'' * '' Succisella inflexa'' – southern succisella * '' Succisella microcephala'' *'' Succisella petteri''

Etymology

''Succisella'' ostensibly means ‘cut off from below’ or ‘abruptly ending’.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). p 366

References

Caprifoliaceae Caprifoliaceae genera {{Dipsacales-stub