Rhododendron × obtusum

Rhododendron × obtusum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Ericoideae
Tribus: Rhodoreae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: R. subg. Azaleastrum
Sectio: R. sect. Tsutsusi
Nothospecies: Rhododendron × obtusum

Name

Rhododendron × obtusum (Lindl.) Planch., 1854.

• Formula hybridae: Rhododendron kaempferi Planch. × Rhododendron kiusianum Makino

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Azalea obtusa Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 1: 152. 1846.

• Heterotypic
  • Azalea amoena Lindl. in J.Paxton & J.Lindley, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 81, t. 89. 1852.
  • Rhododendron amoenum (Lindl.) Planch., Fl. des Serr. 9: 80. 1854.
  • Rhododendron austrokiusianum Hatus., J. Jap. Bot. 24: 81. 1949.
  • Rhododendron indicum var. amoenum (Lindl.) Maxim.
  • Rhododendron obtusum f. amoenum (Lindl.) E.H.Wilson in E.H.Wilson & A.Rehder, Monogr. Azaleas 32. 1921.
  • Rhododendron × sanderi E.H.Wilson, Monogr. Azaleas 43. 1921.
  • Rhododendron sataense Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. 27: 33. 1949.

References

• Planchon, J.É. 1854. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe. Ghent (Gand) 9: 80.
• Yokogawa, M. & Hotta, M. 1995. Taxonomical notes on plants of southern Japan II. Variation in the Rhododendron obtusum group in the Kirishima Mis. southern Kytushu. Acta phytotaxonomica et geobotanica 46(2): 165–183.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

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