Rhododendron campanulatum D.Don
First published in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 410 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to S. Tibet. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.
Distribution
Native to:
East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Azalea campanulata (D.Don) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 387 (1891)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Rhododendron batemanii Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 89: t. 5387 (1863)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. album-violaceum Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. alexandria Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. amabile Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. leopoldii Verschaff. ex Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. lilacinum Verschaff. ex Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. mirendum Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. purpureum-maculatum Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. rubrum-grandiflorum Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. superbum Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. violaceum Verschaff. ex Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. violaceum-pallidum Verschaff. ex Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 1854: 26 (1854)
- Rhododendron campanulatum var. wallichii (Hook.f.) Hook. in Bot. Mag. 82: t. 4928 (1856)
- Rhododendron edgarii Gamble in List Trees Darjeeling Dist.: 52 (1878)
- Rhododendron heftii Davidian in Rhododendron Species 2: 307 (1989)
- Rhododendron mutabile Webb ex Royle in Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 259 (1835)
- Rhododendron nobile Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 1521 (1829), not validly publ.
- Rhododendron planifolium Nutt. in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 365 (1853)
- Rhododendron wallichii Hook.f. in Rhododendr. Sikkim-Himalaya 1: t. 6 (1849)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Gibbs, D., Chaimberlain, D. & Argent, G. (2011). The red list of Rhododendrons: 1-128. Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, U.K.
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Sanjappa, M. & Sastry, A.R.K. (eds.) (2014). Fascicles of Flora of India 25: 1-468. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2005). Flora of China 14: 1-581. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Gibbs, D., Chaimberlain, D. & Argent, G. (2011). The red list of Rhododendrons: 1-128. Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, U.K.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Wallich, N. [786], Uttaranchal | K000769872 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 756], Nepal | K001111802 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 756], India | K001111798 | Yes | |||
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 756], India | K001111801 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 756], India | K001111797 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [756] | K000769873 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [s.n.] | K000769875 | Yes | |||
Hooker, J.D. [Cat. no. s.n.], Sikkim | K001132828 | Yes | |||
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 756], India | K001111800 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 756], India | K001111799 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 756], Nepal | K001111795 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Clarke, C.B. [27809], Sikkim | K000769874 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 756], Nepal | K001111796 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], Sikkim | Rhododendron wallichii | K000881919 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Bateman, W. [s.n.] | Rhododendron wallichii | K000789469 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0