Biology:Pileostegia viburnoides

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pileostegia viburnoides
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Genus: Pileostegia
Species:
P. viburnoides
Binomial name
Pileostegia viburnoides
Hook.f. & Thomson

Pileostegia viburnoides, a climbing plant related to the hydrangea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to India and eastern Asia. It is a slow-growing, self-clinging, evergreen climber eventually growing to 6 m (20 ft) in length, with long narrow leaves and dense panicles of creamy white flowers in late summer.[1][2]

The specific epithet viburnoides means "like a viburnum", though viburnums belong to a different family of plants.[3]

References

  1. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 1405332964. 
  2. "RHS Plant Selector - Pileostegia viburnoides". https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/13019/pileostegia-viburnoides/details. 
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. pp. 224. ISBN 9781845337315. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7193888 entry