Hydrangeaceae

Philadelphus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 470 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central Europe, Temp. Asia, N. & Central America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alberta, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, British Columbia, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Louisiana, Manchuria, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Myanmar, Nepal, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Oklahoma, Oregon, Panamá, Primorye, Qinghai, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Argentina Northwest, Austria, Belgium, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Norway, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wilson, E., H. [833] China K000761272 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000761256 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 3653] India K001110733 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [3653B] K000761251 Type Yes
Wilson, E., H. [833] China K000761271 Unknown Type Material Yes
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 3653] India K001110732 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [3653C] K000761252 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3653] Nepal K001110731 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E., H. [833] China K000761273 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [3653A] K000761250 Type Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0