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Rhododendron
L. (1753)
(plant)
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Entity:
Rhodoreae (Tribe)
..Diplarche (Genus)
..Therorhodion (Genus)
..Rhododendron (Genus)
....Rhododendron arboreum (Species)
....Rhododendron baihuaense (Species)
....Rhododendron bureavii (Species)
....Rhododendron buxifolium (Species)
....Rhododendron calciphila (Species)
....Rhododendron campanulatum (Species)
....Rhododendron chryseum (Species)
....Rhododendron crebriflorum (Species)
....Rhododendron dalhousiae (Species)
....Rhododendron ericoides (Species) - heath rhododendron
....Rhododendron ferrugineum (Species)
....Rhododendron flavum (Species)
....Rhododendron hirsutum (Species)
....Rhododendron indicum (Species)
....Rhododendron japonicum (Species) - Japanese azalea
....Rhododendron lapponicum (Species) - Lapland rosebay
....Rhododendron leaf and bud scorch (Disease)
....Rhododendron maximum (Species) - great laurel
....Rhododendron molle (Species)
....Rhododendron multinervium (Species)
....Rhododendron nivale (Species)
....Rhododendron obtusum (Species)
....Rhododendron ponticum (Species)
....Rhododendron riparium (Species)
....Rhododendron saluenense (Species)
....Rhododendron sanguineum (Species)
....Rhododendron simsii (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1753a.
Sp. Pl.
1
: 392.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type, by synonymy, of
:
Rhodoreae
(Tribe)
(Vent., 1799) DC.
ex
Duby (1828)
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Rhododendron ferrugineum
L.
Ref:
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 2 : 680. [7 Jun 1913].
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Synonyms
Including
:
Azalea
(Genus)
L. (1753)
Ref:
A. Cronquist, 1982
: 401.
Including
:
Hochenwartia
(Genus)
Crantz (1766)
Questionably
Including
:
Ledum
(Genus)
L. (1753)
Ref:
A. Takhtajan, 1997
: 187.
Including
:
Menziesia
(Genus)
Sm. (1791)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 539.
Including
:
Rhodora
(Genus)
L. (1762)
Including
:
Tsusiophyllum
(Genus)
Maxim. (1870)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 878.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
rododendron
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 306.
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