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Taxon:  Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser.



Summary
Genus:
Hydrangea
Family:
Hydrangeaceae
Subfamily:
Hydrangeoideae
Tribe:
Hydrangeeae
Nomen number:
19457
Place of publication:
A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 4:15. 1830
Verified:
05/26/1994 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Viburnum macrophyllum Thunb.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. subsp. macrophylla

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hortensia opuloides Lam.
Hydrangea hortensia Siebold
Hydrangea opuloides (Lam.) K. Koch
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961-
  3. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
  4. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  5. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  7. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
  8. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  9. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
  10. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  11. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  12. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
  13. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
  14. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
  15. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  17. McClintock, E. 1956. The cultivated hydrangeas. Baileya 4:173.
  18. McClintock, E. 1957. A monograph of the genus Hydrangea. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 29:221.
  19. Meyer, F. G. et al. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. 1994
  20. Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
  21. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
  22. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  23. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). 2001
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Common names
English
hortensia –
hydrangea –
lacecap hydrangea –
French
hortensia à grandes feuilles –
German
Garten-Hortensie –
Japanese Rōmaji
ajisai –
gaku-ajisai –
Portuguese (Brazil)
hortênsia –
rosa-do-Japão –
Swedish
hortensia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu]
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Guatemala, Nicaragua
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19457. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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