Pileostegia
Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Cornales |
Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
Subfamily: | Hydrangeoideae |
Tribe: | Hydrangeeae |
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 Pileostegia viburnoides (climbing hydrangea).