Details for: NA 57209, Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser., 'Nigra'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser.
Cultivar:
'Nigra'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
15 Nov 1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser.
Cultivar:
'Nigra'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
15 Nov 1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Nigra'
Type: Cultivar name

J-85-247
Type: Collector identifier
Sylvester ("Skip") G. March (U.S. National Arboretum) and Frederick ("Rick") P. Darke (Longwood Gardens): Elite Plants Expedition to Japan 1985.

NA 57209
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nigra'. Promoted as a USNA "Elite Plants" introduction in 1993, but in actuality this cultivar had already been in the United States for a long time (it was introduced before 1880) but was not widely grown.
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser.
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 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Viburnum macrophyllum Thunb.

Autonym(s)
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. subsp. macrophylla
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. var. macrophylla

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hortensia opuloides Lam.
Hydrangea hortensia Siebold
Hydrangea opuloides (Lam.) K. Koch
Hydrangea opuloides (Lam.) K. Koch var. opuloides

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishhortensia  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishhydrangea  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishlacecap hydrangea  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Frenchhortensia à grandes feuilles  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
GermanGarten-Hortensie  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Japanese Rōmajiajisai  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Japanese Rōmajigaku-ajisai  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese (Brazil)hortênsia  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)rosa-do-Japão  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishhortensia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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