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June 2025

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genus

Rhododendron L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 1: 392 (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-4000033027.

Statistics

Synonyms of Rhododendron

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anthodendron Rchb. Handb. Gewächsk. 1(40): 244 (1827) wfo-4000002441
Azalea L. Sp. Pl. : 150 (1753) wfo-4000003810
Biltia Small Fl. S.E. U.S. : 884 (1903) wfo-4000004641
Candollea Baumg. Baumg., Cat. Hort. Bollw. (1810). wfo-4000006532
Chamaerhododendron Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. wfo-4000007628
Diplarche Hook.f. & Thomson Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 382, t. 11 (1854) wfo-4000011927
Hochenwartia Crantz Inst. 2: 468. 1766. wfo-4000018012
Iposues Raf. Autik. Bot. : 186 (1840) wfo-4000019164
Ledodendron F.de Vos wfo-4000020868
Loiseleria Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 416. (1831) wfo-4000022088
Menziesia Sm. Pl. Icon. Ined. : t. 56 (1791) wfo-4000023756
Osmothamnus DC. Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 246. 18-2. wfo-4000027386
Plinthochroma Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 419. 1867. wfo-4000030400
Rhodazalea Croux J. Soc. Natl. Hort. France , sér. 4, 9: 328 (1908) wfo-4000033011
Stemotis Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 152 (1838) wfo-4000036452
Tsusiophyllum Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 , 16(9): 12 (1871) wfo-4000039525
Waldemaria Klotzsch Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar 99. 1862. wfo-4000040486
Rhodothamnus Lindl. & Paxton Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1:113. (1851) wfo-4100001771

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link