Taxon: Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.

Genus:

Rhododendron

Subgenus:

Hymenanthes

Section:

Pentanthera

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Ericoideae

Tribe:

Rhodoreae

Nomen number:

105061

Place of publication:

Fl. n. middle United States 1:424. 1824

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

06-May-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 12-Sep-2003

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

17 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Synonyms:

(=) Azalea nitida Pursh
(=) Azalea oblongifolia Small
Basionym: Azalea viscosa L.
(=) Rhododendron oblongifolium (Small) Millais
(=) Rhododendron viscosum f. rhodanthum Rehder
(=) Rhododendron viscosum var. glaucum Torr.
(=) Rhododendron viscosum var. nitidum (Pursh) A. Gray

Common names:

clammy azalea (Source: Castanea) - English
swamp azalea (Source: Castanea) - English
sen azalea (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Gene sources: ornamental features ()

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine (s.), Massachusetts, New York (e.), Pennsylvania (e.), Rhode Island, Vermont]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Oklahoma (s.e.)]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3377), Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi (s.), North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Ericaceae&GenusID=Rhododendron&SpeciesID=viscosum), Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
Fernald, M. L. Gray's manual of botany, ed. 8. (Grays Man)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Kron, K. A. 1993. A revision of Rhododendron section Pentanthera Edinburgh J. Bot. 50:329-332.
Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984 (Krussmann)
Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States (Castanea) 61:125.
Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)

Check other web resources for Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?105061. Accessed 23 June 2018.