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June 2025

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genus

Kalmia L.

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

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000019801.

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Synonyms of Kalmia

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ledum subg. Leiophyllum Pers. Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 477. 1805 [1 Apr-15 Jun 1805] wfo-3500001724
Ammyrsine Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 301 (1813) wfo-4000001637
Chamaecistus Oeder Fl. Dan. 4. wfo-4000007578
Chamaeledon Link Enum. Pl. Horti Berol. 1: 210. 1821. wfo-4000007603
Dendrium Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 1: 36 (1813) wfo-4000011052
Kalmiella Small Fl. S.E. U.S. : 886 (1903) wfo-4000019802
Leiophyllum (Pers.) R.Hedw. Gen. Pl. : 313 (1806) wfo-4000020932
Loiseleuria Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 1: 35 (1813) wfo-4000022089
Chamaedaphne Catesby ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2:388. (1892) wfo-4100001773

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Kalmia:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia angustifolia f. candida Fernald Rhodora 15: 151. 1913 wfo-0001323871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia angustifolia subsp. carolina (Small) A.Haines Stantec Bot. Notes 13: 4 (2010) wfo-0001360241
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia angustifolia var. ovata Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 296 (1813) wfo-0001372676
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia glauca var. rosmarinifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 296 (1813) wfo-0001372677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia intermedia Lange Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1873(App.): 3 (1873) wfo-0000356130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia lanceolata Raf. Autik. Bot. : 86 (1840) wfo-0000356131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia latifolia f. angustata Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 481. 1945 wfo-0001323872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia latifolia f. myrtifolia (Bosse) K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 153. 1872 [Dec 1872] wfo-0001325460
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia latifolia var. coronata A.Gray Amer. Naturalist 2: 324. 1868 wfo-0001397987
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia latifolia var. laevipes Fernald Rhodora 42: 53 (1940) wfo-0001372678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia latifolia var. myrtifolia Bosse Vollst. Handb. Bl.-gärtn., ed. 2 2: 348 (-349). 1841 wfo-0001398677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia latifolia var. pavarti André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 60: 541 (1888) wfo-0001372679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia polifolia f. leucantha W.B.Schofield & E.C.Sm. Canad. Field-Naturalist 67: 94. 1953 wfo-0001323873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Kalmia polifolia var. rosmarinifolia (Pursh) Rehder Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 854 (1900) wfo-0001371237