Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

ERICACEAE

- Heath family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

Nomencl. ref.: Fl. N. Middle United States 1(2): 425. 1824
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Smooth azalea

English name: smooth azalea

English name: sweet azalea

Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Azalea arborescens Pursh
= Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr. var. richardsonii Rehder

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr. var. richardsonii Rehder

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species:

Page counter: 781 ( AVG: 266.14 / 1215.51 )

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Rhododendron arborescens
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Merano, Giardini di Castel Trauttmansdorff, BZ, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Rhododendron arborescens
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Rhododendron arborescens
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 679.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Distributional map for Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.
Map for Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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3) Rhododendron x vanhoeffeni Abromeit [206]
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6) Rhus toxicodendron L. [483]
7) Rhynchospora fusca (L.) W.T. Aiton [1448]
8) Ribes niveum Lindl. [1398]
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10) Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser [3685]

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