- Family: Ericaceae Durande
- Genus: Rhododendron L.
Rhododendron maximum L.
- Genus: Rhododendron L.
Native to:
Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
- Hymenanthes maxima (L.) H.F.Copel.
- Rhododendron album (Pursh) Hoffmanns.
- Rhododendron ashleyi Coker
- Rhododendron latifolium Hoffmanns.
- Rhododendron maximum f. album (Pursh) Fernald
- Rhododendron maximum var. album Pursh
- Rhododendron maximum f. apetalum V.V.Byalt & Firsov
- Rhododendron maximum var. leachii B.E.Harkn. ex D.H.Voss
- Rhododendron maximum var. purpureum Pursh
- Rhododendron maximum f. purpureum (Pursh) Fernald
- Rhododendron maximum var. roseum Pursh
- Rhododendron maximum f. viridimaculatum Peck
- Rhododendron procerum Salisb.
- Rhododendron purpureum (Pursh) Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Rhododendron purshii G.Don
- Rhododendron tigrinum Steud.
Rhododendron maximum L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 392 (1753)
Accepted by
- Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
- Gibbs, D., Chaimberlain, D. & Argent, G. (2011). The red list of Rhododendrons: 1-128. Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, U.K.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Gibbs, D., Chaimberlain, D. & Argent, G. (2011). The red list of Rhododendrons: 1-128. Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, U.K.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- (2005-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
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