Rhododendron maximum

Rhododendron maximum

Taxonavigation

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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. Pontica
Subsectio: R. subsect. Pontica
Species: Rhododendron maximum

Name

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Rhododendron maximum L., 1753.

Synonyms

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  • Hymenanthes maxima (L.) H.F.Copeland
  • Rhododendron ashleyi Coker
  • Rhododendron bigener hort. ex Steud.
  • Rhododendron fragrans hort. ex DC.
  • Rhododendron maximum f. apetalum V.V.Byalt & Firsov
  • Rhododendron maximum var. leachii B.E.Harkn. ex D.H.Voss
  • Rhododendron procerum Salisb.
  • Rhododendron purpureum G.Don
  • Rhododendron purshii G.Don
  • Rhododendron tigrinum hort. ex Steud.

Hybrids

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R. × cunninghamii – R. × halopeanum – R. × hybridum – R. × intermedium – R. × norbitoense – R. × pictum – R. × standishii – R. × superponticum – R. × wellesleyanum

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
 
Rhododendron maximum
  • Continental: Northern America
      • USA (Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia), Canada (Nova Scotia)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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  • Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 392.
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Vernacular names

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English: great laurel, great rhododendron, rosebay rhododendron, American rhododendron
polski: Różanecznik olbrzymi
русский: Рододендрон крупнейший
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