Rhododendron maximum L.

Rhododendron maximum L.

ERICACEAE

- Heath family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Rhododendron maximum L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 392. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Great laurel

English name: great rhododendron

English name: great-laurel

Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Rhododendron ashleyi Coker

TAXONOMY

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

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Rhododendron maximum
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: 681.

Rhododendron maximum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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

Rhododendron maximum
E.S. Shipp - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Rhododendron maximum
A.F. Hough - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NS)

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(*) 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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More species:
1) Rhododendron minus Michx. var. chapmanii (A. Gray) Duncan & Pullen [143]
2) Rhododendron nudiflorum (L.) Torr. [140]
3) Rhododendron nudiflorum (L.) Torr. var. glandiferum (Porter) Rehder [142]
4) Rhododendron periclymenoides (Michx.) Shinners [370]
5) Rhododendron serrulatum (Small) Millais [246]
6) Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. var. glaucum (Michx.) A. Gray [168]
7) Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. var. tomentosum Rehder [89]
8) Rhodotypos tetrapetalus (Siebold) Makino [138]
9) Rhus aromatica Aiton var. aromatica [367]
10) Rhus chinensis Mill. var. sandwicensis (A. Gray) O. Deg. & Greenw. [158]

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