Rhododendron maximum

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Ericoideae
Tribus: Rhodoreae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: R. subg. Hymenanthes
Sectio: R. sect. Pontica
Subsectio: R. subsect. Pontica
Species: Rhododendron maximum

Rhododendron maximum L., 1753.

• Hymenanthes maxima (L.) H.F.Copeland
• Rhododendron ashleyi Coker
• Rhododendron bigener hort. ex Steud.
• Rhododendron fragrans hort. ex DC.
• Rhododendron maximum f. apetalum V.V.Byalt & Firsov
• Rhododendron maximum var. leachii B.E.Harkn. ex D.H.Voss
• Rhododendron procerum Salisb.
• Rhododendron purpureum G.Don
• Rhododendron purshii G.Don
• Rhododendron tigrinum hort. ex Steud.

R. × cunninghamii – R. × halopeanum – R. × hybridum – R. × intermedium – R. × norbitoense – R. × pictum – R. × standishii – R. × superponticum – R. × wellesleyanum

• Rhododendron maximum Thunb. (1784) = Rhododendron scabrum G.Don
• Rhododendron maximum Hook. (1837) = Rhododendron macrophyllum D.Don ex G.Don.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia), Canada (Nova Scotia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 392.

• Hassler, M. 2020. Rhododendron maximum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 14. Reference page. 
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• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rhododendron maximum. Published online. Accessed: May 14 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Rhododendron maximum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 May 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhododendron maximum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

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