Hydrangeoideae

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Hydrangeoideae
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Philadelphus coronarius
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Subfamily: Hydrangeoideae
Burnett [1]
Type genus
Hydrangea
Tribes

Hydrangeeae DC.
Philadelpheae DC. ex Duby

Synonyms

Kirengeshomoideae Engl. [2]
Philadelphoideae Burnett [1]

Contents

Hydrangeoideae is a subfamily of the hydrangea family (Hydrangeaceae). It contains two tribes, Hydrangeeae and Philadelpheae. [3] The subfamily was described by Gilbert Thomas Burnett in 1835. [1]

Description

Pollen grains from species within the subfamily are often subprolate to subspherical. [4] The leaf venation is largely camptodromous. [5]

Taxonomy

Hydrangeeae DC.
Philadelpheae DC. ex Duby

References

  1. 1 2 3 Burnett, G.T. (1835) Outlines Bot. 732, 1092, 1135.
  2. Engler, H. G. A. & Prantl, K. A. E. (1930), Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 18a: 109.
  3. Hufford, Larry; Moody, Michael L.; Soltis, Douglas E. (1 July 2001). "A Phylogenetic Analysis of Hydrangeaceae Based on Sequences of the Plastid Gene matK and Their Combination with rbcL and Morphological Data" . International Journal of Plant Sciences. 162 (4): 835–846. doi:10.1086/320789. ISSN   1058-5893. S2CID   83703313 . Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. Gang, Hao; Qiming, Hu (31 Dec 1995). "A study of pollen morphology of hydrangeoideae (Hydrangeaceae)". Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany. 4 (3): 26–31. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. Gang, Hao; Qiming, Hu (31 Dec 1995). "Leaf venation of Hydrangeoideae (Hydrangeaceae)". Guangxi Zhiwu. 16 (2): 155–160. Retrieved 4 August 2020.