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Taxon: Rhododendron lapponicum (L.) Wahlenb.

Genus: Rhododendron subgenus: Rhododendron section: Rhododendron
Family: Ericaceae subfamily: Ericoideae tribe: Rhodoreae.
Nomen number: 5204
Place of publication: Fl. lapp. 104. 1812
Name verified on: 16-Feb-2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Sep-2003
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.


Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Sakhalin
    Mongolia: Mongolia [n.e.]
    China: China [n.e.]
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido [n.]; Korea
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Finland; Norway; Sweden
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; Greenland; United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - Newfoundland, Ontario [n.], Quebec [n.]
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.w.], British Columbia [n.], Manitoba [n.]
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, New Hampshire
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Wisconsin

References:

  • Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory. (F Yukon)
  • Cullen, J. 1980. A revision of Rhododendron. I. Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 39:107.
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer. 1983. Flora of Alberta, ed. 2. (F Alberta)
  • Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada. (F NW Terr)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species - on-line resource. (F Wisconsin)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Rhododendron lapponicum (L.) Wahlenb.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • 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.

Images:

More:
  • 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.

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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?5204 (09 February 2010)

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