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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Rhododendron

Hierarchical position of the Genus Rhododendron

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Ericanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 221. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Ericales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.       Subordo  Ericineae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 901, 937, 938, 1108. Jun 1835.       Familia  Ericaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 159. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Heaths, Heathers       Subfamilia  Rhodordendroideae (Juss.) Sweet pub. Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: 263. Aug 1828.       Tribus  Rhododendreae (Juss.) Colla pub. Herb. Pedem. 4: 82. 15-31 Aug 1835.       Subtribus  Rhododendrinae Benth. pub. Prodr. 7: 712. late Dec 1839.       Genus  Rhododendron L. pub. (1753) common name: rhododendron

Named members of the Genus Rhododendron

1	Species  alabamense Rehd. common name: Alabama azalea
2	Species  albiflorum Hook.
	3    Varietas  albiflorum common name: Cascade azalea 4    Varietas  warrenii (A. Nels.) M.A. Lane common name: Cascade azalea
5	Species  arborescens (Pursh) Torr. common name: azalea
	6    Varietas  richardsonii Rehd. syn. Rhododendron arborescens
7	Species  ashleyi Coker syn. Rhododendron maximum
8	Species  atlanticum (Ashe) Rehd. common name: dwarf azalea
9	Species  austrinum (Small) Rehd. common name: orange azalea
10	Species  bakeri auct. non (Lemmon & McKay) Hume syn. Rhododendron cumberlandense
11	Species  calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr. common name: flame azalea
12	Species  californicum Hook. syn. Rhododendron macrophyllum
13	Species  camtschaticum Pallas
	14    Subspecies  camtschaticum common name: Kamchatka rhododendron 15    Subspecies  glandulosum (Standl.) Hult�n common name: Kamchatka rhododendron
16	Species  canadense (L.) Torr. common name: rhododendron
17	Species  candidum (Small) Rehd. syn. Rhododendron canescens
18	Species  canescens (Michx.) Sweet common name: mountain azelea
	19    Varietas  candidum (Small) Rehd. syn. Rhododendron canescens 20    Varietas  subglabrum Rehd. syn. Rhododendron canescens
21	Species  carolinianum Rehd. common name: Carolina azalea
22	Species  catawbiense Michx. common name: Catawba rosebay
23	Species  chapmanii Gray common name: Chapman's rhododendron
24	Species  coryi Shinners syn. Rhododendron viscosum
25	Species  cumberlandense E.L. Braun common name: Cumberland rhododendron
26	Species  flammeum (Michx.) Sarg. common name: piedmont azalea
27	Species  groenlandicum (Oeder) Kron & Judd syn. Ledum groenlandicum
28	Species  japonicum (Gray) Sur. common name: Japanese azalea
29	Species  lapponicum (L.) Wahlenb.
	30    Varietas  lapponicum common name: Lapland rosebay 31    Varietas  parvifolium (M.F. Adams) Herder common name: Lapland rosebay
32	Species  macrophyllum D. Don ex G. Don common name: Pacific rhododendron
33	Species  maximum L. common name: great laurel, rhododendron
34	Species  minus Michx. common name: Piedmont rhododendron
	35    Varietas  chapmanii (Gray) Duncan & Pullen syn. Rhododendron chapmanii
36	Species  nudiflorum (L.) Torr.
	37    Varietas  glandiferum (Porter) Rehd. syn. Rhododendron periclymenoides 38    Varietas  roseum (Loisel.) Wieg. syn. Rhododendron prinophyllum
39	Species  oblongifolium (Small) Millais common name: Texas azalea
40	Species  occidentale (Torr. & Gray ex Torr.) Gray
	41    Varietas  occidentale common name: western azalea 42    Varietas  paludosum Jepson common name: western azalea 43    Varietas  sonomense (Greene) Rehd. common name: Sonoma azalea
44	Species  periclymenoides (Michx.) Shinners
	45    Varietas  eglandulosum Seymour syn. Rhododendron periclymenoides
46	Species  prinophyllum (Small) Millais common name: early azalea
47	Species  prunifolium (Small) Millais common name: plumleaf azalea
48	Species  roseum (Loisel.) Rehd. syn. Rhododendron prinophyllum
49	Species  serrulatum (Small) Millais syn. Rhododendron viscosum
50	Species  speciosum (Willd.) Sweet syn. Rhododendron flammeum
51	Species  tomentosum (Stokes) Harmaja
	52    Subspecies  subarcticum (Harmaja) G. Wallace syn. Ledum palustre ssp. decumbens
53	Species  vaseyi Gray common name: pinkshell azalea
54	Species  viscosum (L.) Torr. common name: swamp azalea
	55    Varietas  aemulans Rehd. syn. Rhododendron viscosum 56    Varietas  glaucum (Michx.) Gray syn. Rhododendron viscosum 57    Varietas  montanum Rehd. syn. Rhododendron viscosum 58    Varietas  nitidum (Pursh) Gray syn. Rhododendron viscosum 59    Varietas  serrulatum (Small) Ahles syn. Rhododendron viscosum 60    Varietas  tomentosum Rehd. syn. Rhododendron viscosum
61	Species  x bakeri (Lemmon & McKay) Hume (pro sp.)
62	Species  x pennsylvanicum Rehd.
63	Species  x welleslyanum Waterer ex Rehd.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.