Taxon:
Rhododendron roseum auct.
Summary
Comment:
non Rhododendron roseum Rehder, an illegitimate, superfluous name (Shenzhen ICN 52) (= R. canescens (Michx.) Sweet)
Verified:
10/15/1991
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Shinners, L. H. 1962. Rhododendron nudiflorum and R. roseum (Ericaceae): illegitimate names. Castanea 27:95.