Taxon: Rhododendron vaseyi A. Gray

Species on the following lists:

• Center for Plant Conservation
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• pink-shell azalea   (Source: Castanea 61:119.) – English
  
• fjärilsazalea   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - North Carolina

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany, ed. 8.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• 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).
• 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.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rhododendron vaseyi.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rhododendron vaseyi.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Rhododendron vaseyi.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Azalea vaseyi (A. Gray) Rehder
  

Check other web resources for Rhododendron vaseyi A. Gray:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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