Details for: PI 85871, Rhododendron kaempferi Planch., No. 3901


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron kaempferi Planch.
Top Name:
No. 3901
Origin:
Collected – Sizuoka, Japan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
20 Feb 1930
PI Assigned:
1930
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron kaempferi Planch.
Top Name:
No. 3901
Origin:
Collected – Sizuoka, Japan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
20 Feb 1930
PI Assigned:
1930
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 3901
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
A seedling from this was selected and named 'Dorsett'. The cultivar is noted for its production of orange flowers repeatedly from fall through spring.
Rhododendron kaempferi Planch.
Genus:
Rhododendron
Subgenus:
Azaleastrum
Section:
Tsutsusi
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Rhodoreae
Nomen number:

5182
Place of publication:

Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 9:77. 1854
Verified:
04/15/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Rhododendron kaempferi Planch. f. kaempferi

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Rhododendron obtusum (Lindl.) Planch. var. kaempferi (Planch.) E. H. Wilson

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhododendron kaempferi Planch. f. album Nakai

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Swedishkämpferazalea  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 20 Sep 2023, from Rhododendron spp. to Rhododendron kaempferi Planch.
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