A-to-Z List Essential Oils from the Caprifoliaceae Family of Plants:
Scientific Classification:
- Domain: Eukarya – organisms with membraine-bound nucleuses
- Kingdom: Plantae – plants, Planta, Vegetal, plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Dipsacales
- Family: Caprifoliaceae
Direct Children of Caprifoliaceae by Genus:
- Abelia
- Acanthocalyx
- Bassecoia
- Centranthus
- Cephalaria
- Cryptothladia
- Diabelia
- Diervilla
- Dipelta
- Dipsacus
- Fedia
- Heptacodium
- Knautia
- Kolkwitzia
- Leycesteria
- Linnaea
- Lomelosia
- Lonicera
- Morina
- Nardostachys
- Patrinia
- Pseudoscabiosa
- Pterocephalidium
- Pterocephalus
- Pterothamnus
- Pycnocomon
- Scabiosa
- Sixalix
- Succisa
- Succisella
- Symphoricarpos
- Triosteum
- Triplostegia
- Valeriana
- Valerianella
- Vesalea
- Weigela
- Zabelia
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Honeysuckle
(Lonicera caprifolium)
Aroma Description: Floral, Honey-sweet, rich, reminiscent of spring time
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Spikenard
(Nardostachys jatamansi)
Aroma Description: Spikenard Essential Oil smells deep earthy, woody and musky.
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Valerian
(Valeriana officinalis)
Aroma Description: Tenacious with warm, woody, balsamic characteristics. Depending on the age of the oil and the distillation, some Valerian Oils can smell more unpleasant than others and have an aromatic quality that resembles smelly feet.