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Taxon: Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

Genus: Rhododendron subgenus: Hymenanthes section: Pentanthera
Family: Ericaceae subfamily: Ericoideae tribe: Rhodoreae.
Nomen number: 105055
Place of publication: Fl. n. middle United States 1:425. 1824
Name verified on: 16-Apr-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Sep-2003
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.


Common names:

  • smooth azalea   (Source: F WVa ) – English
  • sweet azalea   (Source: Castanea 61:124.) – English
  • white-honeysuckle   (Source: F WVa ) – English

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:221.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Kron, K. A. 1993. A revision of Rhododendron section Pentanthera. Edinburgh J. Bot. 50:287.
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
  • Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:124.
  • Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. (F WVa)
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Rhododendron arborescens cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?105055 (09 February 2010)

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