Details for: WLP 1637, Rhododendron luteum Sweet, GE-94


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron luteum Sweet
Top Name:
GE-94
Origin:
Collected –
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
01 Jul 2009
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Availability
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Seed50 milligramsWLP 1637 2008w01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron luteum Sweet
Top Name:
GE-94
Origin:
Collected –
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
01 Jul 2009
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
PRE 01 July 2009.

Locality: Samckhe-Javakheti Province, Adigeni District, Mt. Erboa. Site number 17. Collector lists as Meshkheti Province, but is actually a historical name for Samckhe-Javakheti.
Coordinates: 41.6427, 42.7210 (Map it)
Environment description: Mixed coniferous-broadleaved forest
Comment: 1-2m tall deciduous shrub. Stems straight and branched. Leaves oblong oval, appear after flowering. Flowers yellow, 3-4 cm in diameter. Fruit cylindrical, 5 loculate capsule.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
GE-94
Type: Collector identifier

NA 78149
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Rhododendron luteum Sweet
Genus:
Rhododendron
Subgenus:
Hymenanthes
Section:
Pentanthera
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Rhodoreae
Nomen number:

31428
Place of publication:

Hort. brit. ed. 2:343. 1830
Verified:
04/15/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Rhododendron flavum G. Don

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Azalea pontica L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishyellow azalea  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Swedishguldazalea  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed NA 78149 to WLP 1637. 24 Nov 2021.
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