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Rhododendron (rhododendron)

Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae

Taxonomy
Rhododendron was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Rhododendron ferrugineum.

It was assigned to Ericaceae by Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).

Species
R. chamaecistus, R. dauricum, R. fastigiatum, R. ferrugineum (type species), R. hirsutum, R. lepidotum, R. maximum, R. nilagiricum
Species lacking formal opinion data
R. germanicum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Rhododendron Linnaeus
1959Rhododendron Brown p. 128
1976Rhododendron Lakhanpal et al.
1991Rhododendron Chauhan
1996Rhododendron Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyEricaceae
genusRhododendron

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rhododendron Linnaeus 1753 [rhododendron]
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Rhododendron dauricum Linnaeus 1753
Rhododendron hirsutum Linnaeus 1753
Rhododendron maximum Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 55.8 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8United Kingdom (Berkshire) Rhododendron newburyanum (234638)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Rhododendron sp. (179231)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Idaho) Rhododendron chaneyi (27569)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03China (Yunnan) Rhododendron sp. (223846)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (West Bengal) Rhododendron lepidotum (223089)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Rhododendron hokiense, Rhododendron sp. (22789) Rhododendron sp. (22796)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Rhododendron protodilatatum, Rhododendron hokiense (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Xizang) Rhododendron namlingense, Rhododendron sanzugawaense (223820)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Rhododendron sp. (224406)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tibet) Rhododendron sp. (224430)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Nevada) Rhododendron gianellana (35922)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Rhododendron germanicum (22771)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) Rhododendron sp. (224479)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Sichuan) Rhododendron elegantifolium (223819) Rhododendron fastigiatum (223871)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Rhododendron nilagiricum (228792) Rhododendron sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Rhododendron sp. (228760 228761)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Rhododendron sp. (228773)