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Rhododendron indicum

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|image = Rhododendron_indicum1.jpg

|parent = Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi

|display_parents = 4

|taxon = Rhododendron indicum

|authority = (L.) SweetBrit. Fl. Gard. 5: t. 128 1831.

|synonyms = *Azalea indica L.Sp. P1.: 150. 1 May 1753

  • Rhododendron obtusum (Lindl.) Planch.

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2419447 The Plant List: Rhododendron indicum]

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Rhododendron indicum is an azalea Rhododendron species native to Japan (S & W Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima).[http://www.rhododendron.org/descriptionS_new.asp?ID=113 American Rhododendron Society: Description of Rhododendron indicum]

Taxonomy

It is the type species for the Tsutsusi section and subsection, and was the original Tsutsusi described by Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan in 1712,"Tsutsusi" in Kaempfer, Amoen. Exot. Fasc.: t. 846. 1712 from the Japanese name Kirishima-tsutsuji.

Cultivation

There are many cultivars,{{cite web|title=[Rhododendron indicum] nave rdictionary|url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=771428&cid=46686&categoryId=46694|website=영산홍 (우리 생활 속의 나무, 2008. 3. 25.)}} including the Satsuki azaleas.

Gallery

(MHNT) Rhododendron indicum - Immature inflorescence.jpg|Immature inflorescence

Kibitujinja5164.JPG|Flower

CPonte_Azalea1.jpg|Bonsai

Rhododendron_indicum_satuki01.jpg|Natural habitat

Rhododendron_indicum2.jpg|Hedge

References

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Bibliography

  • [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/linnaean-typification/database/detail.dsml?ID=121500 The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project: Azalea indica L. ]
  • [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1555030?uid=3739432&uid=2129&uid=2134&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3737720&uid=4&sid=21103981493351 Steve Cafferty and Charles E. Jarvis. Typification of Linnaean Plant Names in Ericaceae. Taxon Vol. 51, No. 4 (Nov., 2002), pp. 751-753]

External links

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  • [http://hirsutum.info/rhododendron/species/detail.php?id=1187&start=I&show=partial Hirsutum.com]

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indicum

Category:Flora of Japan

Category:Plants described in 1753

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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