Rhododendron catawbiense

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Ericoideae
Tribus: Rhodoreae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: R. subg. Hymenanthes
Sectio: R. sect. Pontica
Subsectio: R. subsect. Pontica
Species:

Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. (1803)

• Azalea catawbiensis (Michx.) Kuntze
• Hymenanthes catawbiensis (Michx.) H.F.Copeland
• Rhododendron russelianum Sweet

• Rhododendron catawbiense Hoffmgg. = Rhododendron latoucheae Franch.

R. × altaclerense – R. × atrosanguineum – R. × cartonianum – R. × fragrans – R. × holmbaense – R. × manglesii – R. × morelianum – R. × russelianum – R. × standishii – R. × stanwellianum – R. × superponticum – R. × wellesleyanum

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA USA (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 1: 258.

• Hassler, M. 2020. Rhododendron catawbiense. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 09. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rhododendron catawbiense in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rhododendron catawbiense. Published online. Accessed: May 09 2020. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Rhododendron catawbiense. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 May 2020. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhododendron catawbiense in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2020 May 09.

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