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Rhododendron maximum L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. 1: 392 (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-0001047074.

Synonyms of Rhododendron maximum L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Rhododendron latifolium Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 2: 195 (1828) wfo-0000399951
Rhododendron procerum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 287. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000400176
Rhododendron purshii G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 843 (1834) wfo-0000400219
Rhododendron bigener Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 450. 1841 wfo-0000400397
Rhododendron ashleyi Coker J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 51: 189 (1935) wfo-0000400417
Rhododendron tigrinum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 451. 1841 wfo-0000405667
Rhododendron maximum f. album (Pursh) Fernald Rhodora 43: 336 (1941) wfo-0001047623
Rhododendron maximum f. purpureum (Pursh) Fernald Rhodora 43: 336 (1941) wfo-0001047624
Rhododendron maximum f. maximum wfo-0001047625
Rhododendron maximum var. album Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 297 (1813) wfo-0001242830
Rhododendron maximum var. purpureum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 297 (1813) wfo-0001242831
Hymenanthes maxima (L.) H.F.Copel. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 30: 614 (1943) wfo-0001275581
Rhododendron maximum f. apetalum V.V.Byalt & Firsov Hortus Botanicus 11: 27 (2015) wfo-0001322712
Rhododendron purpureum (Pursh) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3:843. (1834) wfo-1000040548