Taxon: Rhododendron ferrugineum L.

 
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: Rhododendron
Section: Rhododendron
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Ericoideae
Tribe: Rhodoreae
Nomen number: 5110
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:392. 1753
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 18-may-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 12-sep-2003
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Europe
    • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Germany, Switzerland
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Croatia, Italy, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain


References:

  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984- (L Medit)
  6. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984 (Krussmann)

Check other web resources for Rhododendron ferrugineum L. :

  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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=5110. Accessed 10 junio 2026.