Summary
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 3:847. 1834
Comment:
an illegitimate, superfluous name (Shenzhen ICN 52) originally based on Acacia pontica L., the type of which is also the type of R. luteum Sweet, an earlier name which should have been adopted
Verified:
03/19/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Kron, K. A. 1993. A revision of Rhododendron section Pentanthera. Edinburgh J. Bot. 50:315.
- Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=5113.
Accessed 5 May 2025.