Hydrangeaceae

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Noun

Hydrangeaceae - sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceaefamily Hydrangeaceae, hydrangea familyrosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsorder Rosales, Rosales - in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosaegenus Hydrangea - type genus of Hydrangeaceae; large genus of shrubs and some trees and vines with white or pink or blue flower clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceaegenus Carpenteria - one species; sometimes placed in family SaxifragaceaeDecumaria, genus Decumaria - small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceaegenus Deutzia - genus of ornamental mostly deciduous shrubs native to Asia and Central America; widespread in cultivation; sometimes placed in family SaxifragaceaePhiladelphaceae, subfamily Philadelphaceae - one genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceaegenus Schizophragma, Schizophragma - small genus of deciduous climbing and creeping shrubs with white flowers in flat clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae

Hydrangeaceae

a family of dicotyledonous plants in-including small trees or shrubs, lianas, undershrubs, and grasses. The flowers are clustered in cymes. The fruit is a pod and is rarely baccate. There are about 20 genera and more than 250 species in the temperate and subtropical regions of the northern hemisphere, primarily in North America and East Asia. In the USSR there are seven species, representatives of the Hydrangea, Deutzia, and Philadelphus genera.

Many Hydrangeaceae, once wild, often are grown in gardens and parks as ornamental and melliferous plants. The attribution of Hydrangeaceae to the Saxifragaceae family has become obsolete. Hydrangeaceae should be grouped with the Escalloniaceae. The genus Philadelphus and genera closely related to it are sometimes assigned to the special family Philadelphaceae.

REFERENCES

Zaikonnikova, T. I., “O samostoiatel’nosti semeistva Hydrangeaceae Dum.” In Novosti sistematiki vysshikh rastenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1964.
Takhtadzhian, A. L. Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.

Hydrangeaceae

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Synonyms for Hydrangeaceae

noun sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae

Synonyms

family Hydrangeaceae
hydrangea family

Related Words

rosid dicot family
order Rosales
Rosales
genus Hydrangea
genus Carpenteria
Decumaria
genus Decumaria
genus Deutzia
Philadelphaceae
subfamily Philadelphaceae
genus Schizophragma
Schizophragma