Taxon: Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.

Common names:

• catawba rhododendron   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• mountain rosebay   (Source: Castanea 61:119.) – English
  
• purple-laurel   (Source: Castanea 61:119.) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed14)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - West Virginia [s.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [n.e.], Georgia [n.], Kentucky [e.], North Carolina [c. & w.], South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia [w.]

References:

• Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:221.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
• 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) 1:256.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
• Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:119.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• A revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 39:316.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rhododendron catawbiense.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rhododendron catawbiense. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.:

• 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 catawbiense 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.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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