Details for: PI 274730, Rhododendron hybr., 'Rakuyo'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron hybr.
Cultivar:
'Rakuyo'
Origin:
Collected –
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
15 May 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron hybr.
Cultivar:
'Rakuyo'
Origin:
Collected –
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
15 May 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
PRE 15 May 1961.
Kyushu, Japan
Locality: Nagasaki Prefecture: Hirado Island: Nambu garden (private garden).
Habitat: Backyard
Comment: Flowers medium pink, to 10.5 cm across.
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Rakuyo'
Type: Cultivar name
Hirado evergreen azalea.

NA 62943
Type: Inventory

Narrative
From Japan. Plant material collected by J.L. Creech, agricultural explorer, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, MD. For U.S.D.A.-Longwood Cooperative Program. Received May 15, 1961. [...] 274705 to 274735. Rhododendron (hybrids). Ericaceae. [...] 274726 to 274735. Cuttings from private gardens, Hirado Island, Kyushu. [...] 274730. 'Rakuyo'. Nambu garden. Flowers medium pink, to 10.5 cm. across.
Rhododendron hybr.
Genus:
Rhododendron
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Rhodoreae
Nomen number:

300507
Comment:
interim designation used in GRIN for Rhododendron hybrids which lack an acceptable binomial
Verified:
11/02/1990 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhododendron ×gowenianum Sweet
Rhododendron ×pulchrum Sweet var. tebotan (Komatsu) Rehder
Rhododendron ×taylorii Dean
Rhododendron ×viscosepalum Rehder
Rhododendron ×viscosepalum Rehder var. daviesii Rehder
Rhododendron ×viscosepalum Rehder var. viscosepalum
Rhododendron macrostemon Maxim.
Rhododendron tebotan Komatsu

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