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3217.000 Hydrangea
Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Description of the genus
Shrubs, small trees or climbers. Leaves opposite; blades usually simple; margins entire to serrate (rarely pinnately lobed). Inflorescence terminal, panicles with numerous small flowers in the centre and a few coloured flowers around the outside. Fruit a capsule dehiscent from the top, with numerous tiny seeds. Derivation of name: from the Greek - water vessel, referring to the shape of the capsule Comment: Hydrangeas accumulate aluminium in their tissues allowing them to change colour from pink to blue depending on the Ph of the soil. Worldwide: 23 species in eastern Asia and North America. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. | Description, Image |
| quercifolia Bertram | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Hydrangea:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HydrangeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hydrangea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hydrangea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hydrangea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hydrangea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hydrangea
JSTOR Plant Science: Hydrangea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hydrangea
Plants of the World Online: Hydrangea
Tropicos: Hydrangea
Wikipedia: Hydrangea
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