Hydrangea hydrangeoides
Species of flowering plant
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hydrangea hydrangeoides, the Japanese hydrangea vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to Ulleungdo Island of South Korea, Japan, and the southern Kuril Islands.[1]
.jpg)
| Hydrangea hydrangeoides | |
|---|---|
| |
| Cultivated specimen at the UBC Botanical Garden, Canada | |
 | |
| Hydrangea hydrangeoides vine cultivated in the United Kingdom | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
| Genus: | Hydrangea |
| Species: | H. hydrangeoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrangea hydrangeoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
List
| |
Etymology
The specific epithet hydrangeoides means "resembling Hydrangea" or "like a Hydrangea".[2][3] This may appear strange considering the current position of this taxon within the genus Hydrangea. However, it was first described as a member of the genus Schizophragma[1] and the specific epithet was chosen to express a morphological similarity to the previously separate genus Hydrangea.
Horticulture
Under its synonym Schizophragma hydrangeoides its cultivars 'Roseum' and 'Moonlight' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4][5]
In cultivation this species is slow to establish.[3]
