Hydrangeaceae
Family of flowering plants
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hydrangeaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Cornales, with a wide distribution in Asia and North America, and locally in southeastern Europe.[3]
| Hydrangeaceae | |
|---|---|
| Hydrangea macrophylla, a member of the subfamily Hydrangeoideae | |
| Fendlera rupicola, a member of the subfamily Jamesioideae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Hydrangeaceae Dumort.[1] |
| Genera | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |

Description
Genera
The following genera are accepted:[5]
- Carpenteria Torr.
- Deutzia Thunb.
- Fendlera Engelm. & A.Gray
- Fendlerella A.Heller
- Hydrangea Gronov. ex L.
- Jamesia Torr. & A.Gray
- Kirengeshoma Yatabe
- Philadelphus L.
- Whipplea Torr.
Phylogeny
The family Hydrangeaceae has two subfamilies, namely Jamesioideae and Hydrangeoideae. The subfamily Jamesioideae comprises the genera Jamesia and Fendlera.[6][7] They are the sister group to the remaining Hydrangeaceae.[7][8] The subfamily Hydrangeoideae has two tribes:[9][7][8] Hydrangeae consists of Hydrangea s.l.,[9] and Philadelpheae consists of Philadelphus, Carpenteria, Deutzia, Kirengeshoma, Whipplea, and Fendlerella.[7][8] Carpenteria is the sister group to Philadelphus. Deutzia is the sister group to Kirengeshoma, and Fendlerella is the sister group to Whipplea.[8][6][7] However the relationships among those three clades within the tribe Philadelphae are a bit unclear.[8] The following cladogram summarizes results from different studies, and for each node it is noted which studies support the sister group positions of the following branches: