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Rhododendron (rhododendron)
Taxonomy
Rhododendron was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ericaceae by Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Ericaceae by Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1753 | Rhododendron Linnaeus |
1959 | Rhododendron Brown p. 128 |
1976 | Rhododendron Lakhanpal et al. |
1991 | Rhododendron Chauhan |
1996 | Rhododendron Liu et al. |
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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 fastigiatum Franchet 1886
Rhododendron lepidotum Wallich 1834
Rhododendron nilagiricum Zenker 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (21 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Rhododendron sp. (179231) | |
Rupelian | USA (Idaho) | Rhododendron chaneyi (27569) | |
Oligocene | China (Yunnan) | Rhododendron sp. (223846) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | Rhododendron hokiense, Rhododendron sp. (22789) Rhododendron sp. (22796) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | India (West Bengal) | Rhododendron lepidotum (223089) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Japan (Gunma) | Rhododendron protodilatatum, Rhododendron hokiense (22755) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Rhododendron sp. (224406) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | China (Xizang) | Rhododendron namlingense, Rhododendron sanzugawaense (223820) | |
Pliocene | China (Tibet) | Rhododendron sp. (224430) | |
Pliocene | USA (Nevada) | Rhododendron gianellana (35922) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Rhododendron germanicum (22771) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | China (Yunnan) | Rhododendron sp. (224479) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Sichuan) | Rhododendron elegantifolium (223819) Rhododendron fastigiatum (223871) | |
Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Rhododendron nilagiricum (228792) Rhododendron sp. (228848 228849) | |
Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Rhododendron sp. (228760 228761) | |
Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Rhododendron sp. (228773) |