Hydrangeaceae

Hydrangea Gronov. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 397 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is China to Kuril Islands and Tropical Asia, Hawaiian Islands, N. Central & E. U.S.A. to Central & S. America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Bolivia, Borneo, Cambodia, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Korea, Kuril Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Qinghai, Sakhalin, South Carolina, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tennessee, Thailand, Tibet, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia

Introduced into:

Albania, Azores, Canary Is., Connecticut, France, Great Britain, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Madeira, Maine, Massachusetts, Mauritius, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Portugal, Rhode I., Réunion, South European Russia, Spain, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha

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?
Aug 1, 1987 Linden [294] Colombia K000486132 Isotype Yes
Aug 1, 1987 Oersted, A.S. [s.n.] Costa Rica K000486138 Isotype Yes
Aug 1, 1987 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000006125 No
Sep 1, 1954 Lehmann, F.C. [5106] Colombia K000486134 Isolectotype Yes
Sep 1, 1954 Lehmann, F.C. [5106] Colombia K000486133 Isotype Yes
Sep 1, 1954 Lehmann, F.C. [9074] Colombia K000486136 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1954 Lehmann, F.C. [9074] Colombia K000486135 Lectotype Yes
Sep 1, 1954 Pittier, H. [3919] Panama K000486137 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1950 Spruce, R. [5380] Ecuador K000006122 No
Jan 1, 1950 Spruce, R. [5380] Ecuador K000006124 No
Jan 1, 1950 Spruce, R. [5380] Ecuador K000006123 No
Samain, M.S.; Martinez, E.M.; Najarro, P.; Lopez, B. [2012-023] Mexico K001096894 Isotype Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 440] Nepal K001111036 Unknown Type Material Yes
Takeuchi, W.; Kulang, J. [11,605] Papua New Guinea Dichroa K001906175 Yes
Takeuchi, W.; Kulang, J. [11,605] Papua New Guinea Dichroa K001906174 Yes
Julius, A.; Imim, K. [FRI 56221] Malaysia Dichroa K001906168 Yes
Markus, G.; Ubaldus, M. [SAN 152138] Malaysia Dichroa K001906167 Yes
Crultwell, N.G. [1373] Papua New Guinea Dichroa K:SPC-27324.000 No

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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0