Rhododendron occidentale — Overview

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Azalea occidentalis Tour. & A. Gray, Pac. R. R. Rep. 4:116 (1856). Type: CaMfornia, Sonoma Co.: Laguna de Santa Rosa, 1 v 1856, Bigelow s.n. (lecto., designated here, NY; isolecto. NY). Azalea californica Torr. & A. Gray ex Durand, in J. Acad. Phil. ser. 2, 3: 94 (1855). Type: California, Nevada Co.: shady hills along Deer Creek, H. Pratten s.n. (holo. P-DU). Azalea nudiflora L. var. ciliata Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1:60 (1855). Type: (probably destroyed). Rhododendron sonomense Greene, Pittonia 2: 172 (1891). R. occidentale (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray var. sonomense (Greene) Rehder, Monogr. Azaleas 127 (1921) (holo. ND-G, n.v.). Rhododendron occidentale (Ton*. & A. Gray) A. Gray var. paludosum Jepson, Man. FL PL Calif. 741 (1925). Type: California, Fortuna, 1916, Jepson s.n. (holo. n.v.).

 

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