Rhododendron canescens

Rhododendron canescens

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. Hymenanthes
Sectio: R. sect. Pentanthera
Subsectio: R. subsect. Pentanthera
Species: Rhododendron canescens

Name

• Rhododendron canescens (Michx.) Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2. 343. 1830.

Synonyms

• Anthodendron nudiflorum Rchb.
• Azalea bicolor Pursh
• Azalea candida Small
• Azalea canescens Michx.
• Azalea canescens var. subglabra (Rehder) Small
• Azalea fulva Michx. ex Lan.
• Azalea lutea L.
• Azalea periclymena Pers.
• Azalea rosea hort. ex Loisel.
• Rhododendron bicolor (Pursh) Sweet
• Rhododendron candidum (Small) Rehd.
• Rhododendron canescens Porter
• Rhododendron canescens var. candidum (Small) Rehder
• Rhododendron canescens var. subglabrum Rehder

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sweet, R. 1830. Sweet’s Hortus Britannicus: or a catalogue of plants cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged in natural orders. 2ª ed. 623 pp., London: J. Ridgway. BHL Reference page. : ed. 2, 343.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Rhododendron canescens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 09. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rhododendron canescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rhododendron canescens. Published online. Accessed: May 09 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Rhododendron canescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 May 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhododendron canescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2020 May 09.

Vernacular names

English: Mountain azalea

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