Pileostegia
Pileostegia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Cornales |
Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
Genus: | Pileostegia Turcz. |
Species | |
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Pileostegia is a genus of 4 species of flowering plants in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to India and eastern Asia. They are evergreen climbers bearing dense clusters of creamy white flowers in late summer.[1]
The genus name Pileostegia comes from the Greek for "cap covering", referring to the corollas.[2]
The species known in cultivation is P. viburnoides (climbing hydrangea).
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