Davidsonia

Hinkley, D. 2003. A Plantsman's Observations on the Genus Hydrangea. Davidsonia. 14(2):31-58

The hydrangea family, Hydrangeaceae, is a respectable conglomeration of shrubs, vines and herbaceous perennials resulting from a recent extraction from a behemoth institution known as the Saxifragaceae. The herbaceous components, in the respective genera of Cardiandra and Deinanthe proffer ornamental species for cultivation although it is the woody taxa of shrubs and lianas of this family, in the genera Hydrangea, Deutzia, Philadelphus, Platycrater and Schizophragma, that are by far the most familiar.