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June 2025

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Kalmia latifolia L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 391 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000356132.

Synonyms of Kalmia latifolia L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Kalmia serotina Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. : 70 (1824) wfo-0000356097
Kalmia myrtifolia André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 10 (1883) wfo-0000356129
Kalmia nitida J.Forbes Hort. Woburn. : 93 (1833) wfo-0000356135
Chamaedaphne latifolia (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 388 (1891) wfo-0000599535
Kalmia latifolia f. obtusata (Rehder) Rehder Rhodora 12: 2. 1910 wfo-0001047637
Kalmia latifolia f. alba (Bosse) Rehder Rhodora 12: 2. 1910 wfo-0001047638
Kalmia latifolia f. polypetala (G.Nicholson) Rehder Rhodora 12: 1. 1910 wfo-0001047639
Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata (Rehder) Rehder Rhodora 12: 2. 1910 wfo-0001047640
Kalmia latifolia f. latifolia wfo-0001047641
Kalmia latifolia var. latifolia wfo-0001047704
Kalmia latifolia var. polypetala G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs 2: 49 (1896) wfo-0001236387
Kalmia latifolia var. obtusata Rehder Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 18: 577 (1903) wfo-0001236389
Kalmia latifolia var. fuscata Rehder Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 18: 578 (1903) wfo-0001236390
Kalmia latifolia var. alba Mouill. wfo-0001236391