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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Morina longifolia 3.jpg
|image_caption = Inflorescence of ''M. longifolia''
|taxon = Morina
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] (1753)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 14; see text
|subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14319-1 ''Morina'' L.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 25 April 2024.</ref>
|synonyms = 
*''Acanthocalyx'' {{small|(DC.) M.J.Cannon (1984)}}
*''Asaphes'' {{small|Spreng. (1827), nom. illeg.}}
*''Cryptothladia'' {{small|(Bunge) M.J.Cannon (1984)}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/>
}}

'''''Morina''''' is a [[genus]] [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Caprifoliaceae]]. It includes 14 species native to Eurasia, ranging from southeastern Europe through Western and Central Asia to the Himalayas, China, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.<ref name = powo/> It is named in honor of [[Louis Morin de Saint-Victor]] (1635–1715), a French physician, botanist and meteorologist.<ref name=Genaust1983>Genaust, Helmut (1976). ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen'' {{ISBN|3-7643-0755-2}}</ref>

It is unofficially the provincial flower of the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province of [[Pakistan]].{{cn|date=April 2024}}

==Species==
14 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>
* ''[[Morina alba]]'' {{small|Hand.-Mazz.}}
* ''[[Morina bracteata]]'' {{small|C.Y.Cheng & H.B.Chen}}
* ''[[Morina chinensis]]'' {{small|Y.Y.Pai}}
* ''[[Morina chlorantha]]'' {{small|Diels}}
* ''[[Morina coulteriana]]'' {{small|Royle}}
* ''[[Morina kokanica]]'' {{small|Regel}}
* ''[[Morina kokonorica]]'' {{small|K.S.Hao}}
* ''[[Morina longifolia]]'' {{small|Wall. ex DC.}}
* ''[[Morina ludlowii]]'' {{small|(M.J.Cannon) D.Y.Hong}}
* ''[[Morina nepalensis]]'' {{small|D.Don}}
* ''[[Morina parviflora]]'' {{small|Kar. & Kir.}}
* ''[[Morina persica]]'' {{small|L.}}
* ''[[Morina polyphylla]]'' {{small|Wall. ex DC.}}
* ''[[Morina subinermis]]'' {{small|Boiss.}}

==References==
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[[Category:Caprifoliaceae]]
[[Category:Caprifoliaceae genera]]
[[Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]
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