Rhododendron ponticum

Rhododendron ponticum subsp. ponticum, Espiye, Giresun, Turkey

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. Pontica
Subsectio: R. subsect. Pontica
Species: Rhododendron ponticum
Subspecies: R. p. subsp. baeticum – R. p. subsp. ponticum

Varietas: R. p. var. heterophyllum

Name

Rhododendron ponticum L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 562 (1762), nom. cons.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Hymenanthes pontica (L.) H.F.Copel., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 30: 614 (1943).
  • Rhododendron speciosum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 287 (1796), nom. superfl.

Hybrids

R. × altaclerense – R. × aprilis – R. × azaleoides – R. × enneandrum – R. × intermedium – R. × kesselringii – R. × laetitiae – R. × morelianum – R. × multimaculatum – R. × norbitoense – R. × ochroleucum – R. × smithii – R. × sochadzeae – R. × standishii – R. × subdeciduum – R. × superponticum

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southwestern Europe Portugal, Spain Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Turkey-in-Europe Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Turkey Introduced into: Belgium, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira, Myanmar, Netherlands References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I, Ed. 2. Pp. [I–XVI], 1–784. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1972. Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. xxix + 370 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-08489-X. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Davis, P.H. (ed.) 1978. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 6 (Campanulaceae to Scrophulariaceae). 825 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-336-7. Reference page. 
• Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) 2012. Konspekt flory Kavkaza. Caucasian Flora Conspectus. Volume 3(2): [Magnoliaceae – Thymelaeaceae]. 623 pp., KMK Scientific Press, Sankt-Peterburg & Moskova. ISBN 978-5-87317-879-7. DJVU. Reference page. 
• Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. 2013. Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book [in Russian]. 688 pp., Fiton XXI, Moscow. ISBN 978-5-906171-22-1 Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhododendron ponticum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2020 May 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Rhododendron ponticum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Rhododendron ponticum. Published online. Accessed: February 17 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Rhododendron ponticum. Accessed: 17 February 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Rhododendron ponticum. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 17. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Turkinalppiruusu
magyar: Pontusi havasszépe
Nederlands: Pontische rododendron
Türkçe: Mor çiçekli ormangülü

For more multimedia, look at Rhododendron ponticum on Wikimedia Commons.