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Rhododendron nudiflorum  (L.) Torr.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 520051

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Accepted Name(s): Rhododendron periclymenoides (Michx.) Shinners
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: not accepted - superfluous renaming (illegitimate)   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  Source: Ericaceae of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Rhododendron nudiflorum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Rhododendron nudiflorum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Rhododendron nudiflorum   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shinners, Lloyd H.  
  Publication Date: 1962   
  Article/Chapter Title: Rhododendron nudiflorum and R. roseum (Ericaceae): illegitimate names   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Castanea, vol. 27, no. 2   
  Page(s): 94-95   
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  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/4031925   
  Reference for: Rhododendron nudiflorum   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Blake (1918:53-54) notes that Azalea nudiflorum L. (1762:214) includes the full protologue of A. lutea L. (1753:150), and so is illegitimate (as a superfluous renaming of A. lutea L.), and further, that the action of Pursh (1816:120), in synonymizing A. nudiflora L. under A. periclymenoides Michx. (1803:151), effectively lectotypified A. nudiflora L., and by extension also A. lutea L. Thus, these Linnaean names are no longer referable to the other two species represented by specimens in the protologue (namely, Rhododendron canescens (Michx.) Sweet and R. calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.). A. lutea L. cannot be recombined as Rhododendron luteum (L.) C.K. Schneid., due to the presence of R. luteum Sweet, so R. periclymenoides (Michx.) Shinners is the correct name in this genus. This view is fully consistent with more recent works (e.g., Shinners 1962; Wilbur 1976; Kron 1993)  
 

 

    

 
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