Pileostegia
Genus of flowering plants
| Pileostegia | |
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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).
