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Taxon: Rhododendron flammeum (Michx.) Sarg.

Genus: Rhododendron subgenus: Hymenanthes section: Pentanthera
Family: Ericaceae subfamily: Ericoideae tribe: Rhodoreae.
Nomen number: 417995
Place of publication: Rhododendron Soc. Notes 1:120. 1917
Name verified on: 15-Feb-2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Sep-2003
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
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Common names:

  • Oconee azalea   (Source: Castanea 61:120.1996) – English

Economic importance:


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. 58:222.
  • Kron, K. A. 1993. A revision of Rhododendron section Pentanthera. Edinburgh J. Bot. 50:311.
  • Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:120.
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Rhododendron flammeum (Michx.) Sarg.:

  • 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?417995 (09 February 2010)

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