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Taxon:
Rhododendron arborescens
(Pursh) Torr.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Rhododendron
Subgenus:
Hymenanthes
Section:
Pentanthera
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Rhodoreae
Nomen number:
105055
Place of publication:
Fl. n. middle United States 1:425. 1824
Verified:
04/16/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Azalea arborescens
Pursh
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Clark, R. C.
1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:221.
URL:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Kron, K. A.
1993. A revision of
Rhododendron
section
Pentanthera
. Edinburgh J. Bot. 50:287.
Krüssmann, G.
1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of
Handbuch der Laubgehölze
. 1976)
Luteyn, J. L. et al.
1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:124.
Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core.
1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Wofford, B. E.
Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Ericaceae&GenusID=Rhododendron&SpeciesID=arborescens
Common names
English
smooth azalea –
Reference(s)
sweet azalea –
Reference(s)
white-honeysuckle –
Reference(s)
Swedish
doftazalea –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Pennsylvania
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
West Virginia
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Alabama
n. & c.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Georgia
n.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Kentucky
e.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Maryland
w.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
North Carolina
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Tennessee
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Virginia
w.
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Alabama (n. & c.), Georgia (n.), Kentucky (e.), Maryland (w.), North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (w.)]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Krüssmann, G.
1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of
Handbuch der Laubgehölze
. 1976)
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Name
References