3-48 Hydrangeaceae, hydrangea family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, dicots, hydrangea family, hydrangea

Abstract

Of the 170 or so species worldwide, only one occurs in Nova Scotia as a garden escape. Members of this family include shrubs, woody vines and small trees. Most have simple, estipulate, and opposite leaves. Inflorescences are cymose with perfect flowers or with marginal flowers sterile. The corolla and calyx are 4-5-parted; stamens 8-many. The fruit is a capsule.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor