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Rhododendron ponticum L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 562 (1762)  

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-0000400178.

Synonyms of Rhododendron ponticum L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Rhododendron lowei Loudon Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 11: 79, 190 (1835) wfo-0000399929
Rhododendron parviflorum Dum.Cours Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 7. xii. (1868) n. II. (Reisen Amurl.) 158, sphalm. wfo-0000400192
Rhododendron odoratum Lodd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 450. 1841 wfo-0000400316
Rhododendron adansonii E.-A.Baumann Ann. Fl. Pomone 1838-1839: 304 (1839) wfo-0000400492
Rhododendron hyacinthiflorum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 450. 1841 wfo-0000400723
Rhododendron deciduum Andrews ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 450. 1841 wfo-0000400774
Rhododendron catesbaeum Dum.Cours Bot. Cult. , ed. 2, 7: 165 (1814) wfo-0000403311
Rhododendron speciosum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 287. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000405465
Azalea arborea L. Sp. Pl. : 150 (1753) wfo-0000557684
Azalea lancifolia (Moench) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 386 (1891) wfo-0000557810
Hymenanthes pontica (L.) H.F.Copel. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 30: 614 (1943) wfo-0000727028
Rhododendron obtusum P.Watson Dendrol. Brit. 2:t.162. (1825) wfo-0001047819
Rhododendron lancifolium Moench Rhododendr. Sikkim-Himalaya t. 4. 1849 [after 15 Mar 1849] wfo-0001229606
Rhododendron ponticum var. obtusum (P.Watson) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 843. 1834 [8-15 Nov 1834] wfo-0001398767

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link