Taxon: Rhododendron rex H. Lév.

 
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: Hymenanthes
Section: Ponticum
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Ericoideae
Tribe: Rhodoreae
Nomen number: 31547
Place of publication: Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13:340. 1914
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 16-abr-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-mar-2017
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • CHINA: China [Sichuan (s.), Xizang (s.e.), Yunnan]

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar (n.e.)


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959- (F China)
  2. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)

Check other web resources for Rhododendron rex H. Lév. :

  • 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. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=31547. Accessed 5 junio 2026.