ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES
Hydrangea macrophylla
A species in the Hydrangeaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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Botanical classification
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Cornales
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Genus
- Hydrangea
- Species
- Hydrangea macrophylla
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1830
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Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Hydrangea macrophylla. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
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- Hortensia japonicaName author: J.F.Gmel.
- Hortensia macrophyllaName author: (Thunb.) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Hortensia macrophylla f. isobueName author: (H.Ohba & S.Akiyama) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Hortensia macrophylla f. isonotakiName author: (H.Ohba & S.Akiyama) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Hortensia macrophylla f. normalisName author: (E.H.Wilson) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Hortensia mutabilisName author: Schneev.
- Hortensia nigraName author: Carrière
- Hortensia opuloidesName author: Lam.
- Hortensia roseaName author: Desf.
- Hortensia speciosaName author: Pers.
- Hydrangea azisaiName author: Siebold
- Hydrangea azisai var. foliis-aureovariegatisName author: Siebold & Zucc.
- Hydrangea cyanocladaName author: G.Nicholson
- Hydrangea floridaName author: Salisb.
- Hydrangea hortensiaName author: Siebold
- Hydrangea hortensia f. otaksaName author: (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav.
- Hydrangea hortensia f. roseaName author: Bean
- Hydrangea hortensia f. variegataName author: (Regel) G.Nicholson
- Hydrangea hortensia var. azisaiName author: (Siebold) A.Gray
- Hydrangea hortensia var. macrosepalaName author: (Regel) Rehder
- Hydrangea hortensia var. maculataName author: (Blume) K.Koch
- Hydrangea hortensia var. mariesiiName author: Bean
- Hydrangea hortensia var. otaksaName author: (Siebold & Zucc.) A.Gray
- Hydrangea hortensia var. roseaName author: (Bean) J.H.Veitch
- Hydrangea hortensisName author: Sm.
- Hydrangea hortensis var. albaName author: H.B.May
- Hydrangea hortensis var. maculataName author: Blume
- Hydrangea hortensis var. mariesiiName author: (Bean) Bean
- Hydrangea japonica f. hortensiaName author: Regel
- Hydrangea japonica unranked fimbriata-macrophyllaName author: Jacob-Makoy
- Hydrangea japonica unranked speciosaName author: Hovey
- Hydrangea japonica unranked variegataName author: E.J.Lowe & W.Howard
- Hydrangea japonica var. albovariegatisName author: Van Houtte
- Hydrangea japonica var. coerulescensName author: Regel
- Hydrangea japonica var. foliis-variegatisName author: André
- Hydrangea japonica var. macrosepalaName author: Regel
- Hydrangea japonica var. otaksaName author: Regel
- Hydrangea japonica var. plenaName author: Regel
- Hydrangea japonica var. variegataName author: (E.J.Lowe & W.Howard) Regel
- Hydrangea macrocephalaName author: Dippel
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. azisaiName author: (Siebold) E.H.Wilson
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. caesiaName author: Nakai
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. hortensiaName author: (Regel) Rehder
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. isobueName author: H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. isonotakiName author: H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. leucanthaName author: Makino
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. macrosepalaName author: (Regel) E.H.Wilson
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. maculataName author: (Blume) E.H.Wilson
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. mandschuricaName author: (Dieck) E.H.Wilson
- Hydrangea macrophylla f. mariesiiName author: (Bean) E.H.Wilson
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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