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Taxon: Rhododendron vaseyi A. Gray

Genus: Rhododendron subgenus: Azuleastrum section: Sciadorhodion
Family: Ericaceae subfamily: Ericoideae tribe: Rhodoreae.
Nomen number: 105060
Place of publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 15:48. 1879
Name verified on: 15-Apr-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Jul-2009
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.


SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:


Common names:

  • pink-shell azalea   (Source: Castanea 61:119.) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

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

References:

  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany, ed. 8. (Grays Man)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Judd, W. S. & K. A. Kron. 1995. A revision of Rhododendron VI. Subgenus Pentanthera (sections Sciadorhodion, Rhodora and Viscidula). Edinburgh J. Bot. 52:27–30.
  • 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 61:119–120.
  • Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Rhododendron vaseyi A. Gray:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • 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.

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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?105060 (09 February 2010)

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