Names Of Plants: Part Seven
Theo Smid
Hayward, California
Rhododendron Species P
R. pachycrpon
Sleum. (G.
pachus
thick +
karpos
fruit)
R. pachpodum
Balf. f. & W.W. Sm. (G. thick +
pous, podos
foot, i.e. pedicel)
R. pachysnthum
Hayata (C. thick +
anthos
flower)
R. pachystgma
Sleum. (G. thick stigma)
R. pachytrchum
Franch. (G. thick +
trichos
hair) Ch. "tomentose r."
R. papilltum
Balf.f. & Cooper (L. nippled)
R. papunum
Beccari (of Papua)
R. parshii
C.B. Clarke in Hook, (of Rev. Charles S. P. Parish, Calcutta 1822-1897, chaplain to forces at Moulmein, Burma, 1852-78; collected orchids & ferns; retired to Somerset; drawings at Kew)
Parishia
Hook.f.
R. parmultum
Cowan (L. with a small round shield) Ch. "discoid calyx r."
R. prvulum
Sleum. (L. very small)
R. pauciflrum
King & Gamble (L. with few flowers)
R. pectintum
Hutch. (L. shaped like a comb)
R. pemakonse
Ward (of Pemako Prov., e. Xizang, i.e. Tibet) Ch. "false-solitary-flower r."
Ptulum Group (L. open, spreading)
R. pndulum
Hook. f. (L. hanging)
R. pentaphllum
Maxim. (G. five-leaf) Five-Leaf Azalea,
Akebona Tsutsuji
intr. 1914.
R. peraknse
King & Gamble (of Perak, Malaysia)
R. periclymenodes
(Michx.) Shinn. (G.
periklumenon
, a shrub like honeysuckle in Diosc. 4, 14) Pinxterbloom, Honeysuckle, Election Pink, etc.; disc, by Rev. John Banister c.1734; its most recent name
R. nudiflorum
.
R. perplxum
Sleum. (L. obscure, intricate)
R. petrcharis
Diels (G.
petros
stone +
charis
grace, i.e. habitat)
R. phaechitum
F.v. Mueller (G.
phaios
dusky +
chiton
tunic, i.e. dark, rufous indumentum)
R. phaechrysum
Balf.f. &W.W. Sm. (G. dusky gold-colored)
var.
agglutintum
(Balf. f. & Forr.) Chamb. (L. joined by adhesion, i.e. indumentum)
var.
levistrtum
(Balf. f. & Forr.) Chamb. (L. smooth cover)
R. phaeopplum
Sleum. (G. dusky +
peplos
cover, cloak, i.e. dark indumentum)
R. phaops
Sleum. (G. dark +
ops
eye or appearance)
R. pircei
Davidian (of Mr. & Mrs. L. J. Pierce, rhododendron growers, U.S.)
R. pinginum
Fang (of Prof. C. Ping, director of Biological Laboratory, Science Society, Nanking) Ch. "spongy r."
R. planecosttum
Sleum. (L. plainly ribbed)
R. platpodum
Diels (G.
platos
broad-footed) Ch. "broad-stalked r."
R. pleinthum
Sleum. (G.
pleios
full-flower)
R. pleistnthum
Balf. f. ex Wilding (G.
pleistos
the greatest number-flower)
R. pneumonnthum
Sleum. (G.
pneuma
wind + flower, i.e. corolla "blown up" or widened in the middle)
R. pocphorum
Balf.f. ex Tagg (C.
pokos
a fleece +
phorein
to bear, i.e. woolly indumentum)
var.
hemidrtum
(Balf. f. ex Tagg) Chamb. (G. half +
derein
to skin, i.e. patchy indumentum)
R. pogonophllum
Cowan & Davidian (G.
pogon
beard + leaf)
R. polynthemum
Sleum. (G.
polus
many +
anthemon
flower)
R. polycldum
Franch. (G. many
klados
young branch) Scintillans Group (L. sparkling) cult. 1924.
R. pollepis
Franch. (G. many
lepis
scale) Ch. "very-scaly r."
R. pomnse
Cowan & Davidian (of Pome Prov., s.e. Xizang, i.e. Tibet)
R. pnticum
L. (of the Pontus, now n.e. coast of Turkey) intr. from Gibraltar 1763.
R. poremnse
J.J. Sm. (of Porema, a place in cent. Celebes)
R. porphyrnthes
Sleum. (G. porphura the purple dye obtained from the murex, a marine gastropod + flowers)
R. potannii
Batalin (of Grigori N. Potanin, 1835-1920, Russian explorer and collector in c. and e. Asia, especially w. China)
R. prastans
Balf. f. & W. W. Sm. (L. outstanding) Ch. "outstanding r."
R. praetertum
Hutch. (L. passed-over)
R. praetervsum
Sleum. (L. seen before) The author had previously considered it to be a form of
R. longiflorum
.
R. praevrnum
Hutch. (L. before spring) Ch. "early-spring r."
R. praininum
Koord. (of Sir David Prain, 1857-1944, Indian Medical Service; supt. Calcutta Botanic Garden; prof, of bot. Medical Coll., Calcutta; pres. Linnean Soc.)
R. prptum
Balf. f. & Forr. (G.
preptos
distinguished)
R. primuliflrum
Bureau & Franch. (primula-flower) Ch. "primrose r."
R. prncipis
Bureau & Franch. (L. of first place) Vellreum Group (L. fleecy)
R. prinophllum
(Small) Millais (G.
Prinos
is the name of the Holm-Oak,
Quercus ilex
, Theocr. 5, 95, Diosc. 1, 116; formerly
R. roseum
Rehd.) Pinkshell Azalea.
R. prolferum
Sleum. (Med. L. proliferous)
R. prnum
Tagg & Forr. (L. leaning forward)
R. protndrum
Sleum. (L. projecting stamen)
R. protepdes
Balf. f. & W. W. Sm. (resembling a
Protea
)
R. protstum
Balf. f. & Forr. (G. lit. the first of the first) Ch. "raise-one's-head r."
var.
gignteum
(Forr. & Tagg) Chamb. (G. giant) Ch. "big-tree r."
R. pruniflrum
Hutch. & Ward (L. plum-flower)
R. pruniflium
(Small) Millais (L. plum-leaf) Plumleaf Azalea; first collected by R. M. Harper in Ga., 1913; intr. in 1918 by Arnold Arbor.
R. przewlskii
(rz as in Dvorak) Maxim, (of N. M. Przewalski, 1839-1888, Russian traveler & geographer) intr. 1880; Ch. "Qinghai r.", "loquat r.", "Gansu-Sichuan r."
R. psammgenes
Sleum. (G.
psammos
sand +
genos
child, i.e. sandy habitat)
R. pseudobuxiflium
Sleum. (G. & L. false-box-leaf)
R. pseudochrysnthum
Hayata (G. false-gold-flower)
R. pseudocilipes
Cullen (pseudo
R. ciliipes
)
R. pseudomurudnse
Sleum. (resembling
R. murudense
Merr. =
R. crassifolium
Stapf)
R. pseudnitens
Sleum. (false
R. nitens
)
R. pseudotrichnthum
Sleum. (false
R. trichanthum
)
R. psilnthum
Sleum. (G.
psilos
bare-flower)
R. pubscens
Balf. f. & Forr. (L. with downy hair, i.e. lvs.) Ch. "pubescent r."
R. pubicosttumT.L
Ming (L. hairy-ribbed) Ch. "hairy-ribbed r."
R. pubigrmen
J. J. Sm. (L. hairy-bud)
R. pubitbum
Sleum. (L. hairy-trumpet)
R. pudornum
Sleum. (L. somewhat bashful, blush)
R. pudorsum
Cowan (L. very bashful, blush)
R. pulchrodes
Chun & Fang (like
R. pulchrum
, once used for the azalea 'Phoeniceum')
R. pullenum
Koord. (of A. Pulle, Dutch botanist who collected in New Guinea)
R. pmilum
Hook. f. (L. dwarf) Ch. "dwarf r."
R. purdmii
Rehd. & Wils. (of William Purdom, 1880-1921; worked at Kew, 1902-8; collected in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu). In 1911 he and three Chinese helpers were attacked by a large band of brigands; explored Moutan Shan, Paeony Mt., never before visited by Europeans; discovered the dark-red
Paeonia suffruticosa
at Choni found
Ligularia purdomi
,
Primula purdomi
and other new plants; injured in a fall on sacred Lien Hwa Shan; dragged to her cell by an old Daoist nun who nursed him back to health; later when he returned to visit her learned that she had been murdered by the White Wolves gang.
R. purpureiflrum
J. J. Sm. (L. purple-flower)
R. pyrrhphorum
Sleum. (G.
purros
flame-colored +
phorein
to bear)
Rhododendron Species Q
R. quadrasinum
Vidal (of J.F. Quadras, who collected it in the Philippines)
var.
rosmariniflium
(rosemary-leaf)
R. quinqueflium
Bisset & S. Moore (L. five-leaf) Cork Azalea,
Goyo Tsutsuji
; disc, by James Bisset in 1876.
Rhododendron Species R
R. racemsum
Franch. (L. flowers in an indeterminate bunch) Ch. "axillary-flower r." intr. 1889.
R. radndum
Fang (L. to be shaved)
Radendum
is the gerundive of
radere
, to shave or scrape, implying necessity of propriety. The reference may be to the strap-shaped hairs on the leaves and pedicels.
R. rdians
J. J. Sm. (L. having rays)
R. ramsdeninum
Cowan (of Sir John F. Ramsden, who cultivated the plant at Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, famed for its rhododendron and azalea gardens in the Lake District, where it flowered in 1934)
R. rapprdii
Sleum. (of F. Rappard, once head of the Dutch Forest Service in New Guinea)
R. rarilepidtum
J. J. Sm. (L. few + G. scaled)
R. rrum
Schlechter (L. rare where he first found it, but common elsewhere)
R. recurvodes
Tagg & Ward (resembling
R. recurvum
, which now is
R. roxieanum
)
R. renschinum
Sleum. (of Use Rensch, botanist, who accompanied her zoologist husband, B. Rensch, in exploration of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia)
R. reticultum
D. Don (L. netted, i.e. venation) Rose Azalea,
Kobane Mitsiba Tsutsuji
; intro. to Eur. in 1865.
R. retrospilum
Sleum. (L. with hairs bent backward)
R. retsum
(Blume) Bennett (L. blunt, i.e. with a rounded, notched tip)
R. revltum
Sleum. (L. turned back)
R. rx
Lvl. (L. king) Ch. "king r."
ssp.
arzelum
(Balf. f. & Forr.) Chamb. (G.
arizelos
very conspicuous) Ch. "eye-catching r."
ssp.
fictolcteum
(Balf. f.) Chamb. (L. false
R. lacteum
) Ch. "false-milky-yellow r.'; seeds first collected by Abb Delavay and grown in the
Jardin des Plantes
, Paris.
R. rhdochroum
Sleum. (G. rose +
chros
skin, complexion)
R. rhdopus
Sleum. (G. rose +
pnus
foot, i.e. pedicel)
R. rhodoslpinx
Sleum. (G. rose +
salpigx
war-trumpet)
R. rhodstomum
Sleum. (G. rose +
stoma
mouth)
R. rhombiflium
R. C. Fang (G. rhomboid + L. leaf) Ch. "rhombic-leaved r."
R. rgidum
Franch. (L. stiff, i.e. branches) Ch. "basal-hair r."
R. ripnse
Makino (L. of a riverbank) Riverbank Azalea,
Kishi Tsutsuji
; said to be the true parent of 'Mucronatum'.
R. rpleyi
Merr. (of S. Ripley, Amer. ornithologist who collected in Sumatra)
R. rriei
Hemsl. & Wils. (of Rev. B. Ririe, Chinese Inland Missions, friend of E. H. Wilson) Ch. "great-bell r."
var.
hyppitys
Chamb. (G. lit. under a pine)
R. rivulre
Hand.-Mazz. (L. of a stream) Riverbank Azalea.
R. robinsnii
Ridley (of Herbert C. Robinson, 1874-1929, zoologist who collected in Queensland, Malaysia; Dir. Federated Malay States Museums; inspector of fisheries; first person to ascend Cunong Tahan in Pahang, Malaya)
Eugenia robinsoniana
Ridley.
R. rosetum
Hutch. (L. rose-colored)
R. rosendhlii
Sleum. (of Carl O. Rosendahl, 1875-1958, prof. of bot., Univ. of Minn.)
R. rothschldii
Davidian (of Lionel de Rothschild of Exbury, 1882-1942)
R. roxienum
Forr. (of Mrs. Roxie Hanna of Dali-fu, China, friend of George Forrest) Ch. "rolled-leaf r."
var.
cuccultum
Hand.-Mazz. (L. hooded)
Oreonstes Group (G.
oros
mountain +
nastos
close-pressed)
R. rubllum
Sleum. (L. slightly red)
R. rubiginsum
Franch. (L. rusty, i.e. reddish-brown scales) Ch. "reddish-brown r."
var.
ptilostylum
R.C. Fang (G.
ptilon
feather, down + style)
Desquamtum Group (L. abraded) Ch. "camellia-leaved r."
R. rubrobractetum
Sleum. (L. with red bracts)
R. rubropilsum
Hayata (L. with reddish hairs) Redhair Azalea; intr. by E. H. Wilson in 1918; again by Dr. J. L. Creech in 1968.
R. rde
Jagg & Forr. (L. uncultivated)
R. rufscens
Franch. (L. becoming dull-red)
R. rufohrtum
Hand.-Mazz. (L. dull-red-haired) collected in Yunnan for USDA Nat'l Arboretum by Dr. J.L. Creech.
R. rufosquamsum
Hutch. (L. dull-red-scaled)
R. rfum
Batalin (L. dull red) Ch. "yellow-haired r." intr. 1925.
R. rugsum
Low ex Hook.f. (L. wrinkled)
R. rupcola
W. W. Sm. (L. rock-dweller)
var.
chrseum
(Balf. f. &Ward) Philips. & Philips. (G. chrusosgold) Ch. "golden r."
var.
mulinse
(Balf.f. & Ward) Philips. & Philips, (of Muli, s.w. China) Ch. "Muli r."
R. russtum
Balf.f. & Forr. (L. dark-red) Ch. "purplish-blue r." The first refers to the color of the scales; the second to the color of the flower.
R. ruttnii
J. J. Sm. (of L. Rutten, Dutch geologist who collected in Malaysia)
Rhododendron Species S
R. saisiunse
Nakai (Azalea from Saisiu, Cheju Isl., off the coast of South Korea)
R. saliciflium
Beccari (L. willow-leaf)
R. saluennse
Franch. (of the Salween R., China) Ch. "Nu Jiang r." intr. 1914.
ssp.
chamenum
(Balf. f. & Forr.) Cullen (G.
chameune
a bed on the ground)
var.
prostrtum
(W. W. Sm.) R.C. Fang (L. prostrate)
R. sanctum
Nakai (L. holy, i.e. at the great shrine of Ise in so. Honshu) Shrine Azalea,
Jingu Tsutsuji
.
R. snguineum
Franch. (L. blood-red) Ch. "blood-red r."
var.
haemleum
(Balf. f. & Forr.) Chamb. (G.
haimaleos
blood-red) Ch. "purple-blood r."
var.
cloiphorum
(Balf. f. & Forr.) Chamb. (G.
kloios
a dog-collar +
phorein
to bear)
var.
himrtum
(Balf. f. & Forr.) Chamb. (G.
himertos
longed for)
ssp.
ddymum
(Balf. f. & Forr.) Cowan (G.
didumos
double) Ch. "black-red r."
R. santapai
Sastry, Kataki, Peter Cox, Patricia Cox & P. Hutchinson (of Rev. H. Santapau of n.e. India)
R. sargentinum
Rehd. & Wils. (of Charles Sprague Sargent, 1841-1927, creator of Arnold Arboretum;
The Silva of North America
, 1891-1902;
Manual of the Trees of North America
, 1905) Ch. "narcissus r."
R. saruwagdicum
Foerster (of the Saruwaged Mts., New Guinea)
R. satanse
Nakai (of Sata, Kyushu Isl.) Sata Azalea.
R. saxifragodes
J. J. Sm. (resembling
Saxifraga
)
R. syeri
Sleum. (of W. Sayer, English naturalist and collector in New Guinea)
R. scabridibractetum
Sleum. (L. with scurry bracts)
R. scabriflium
Franch. (L. rough-leaf) Ch. "rough-leaved r."
var.
spicferum
(Franch.) Cullen (L. bearing spikes)
var.
pauciflrum
Franch. (L. few-flowered)
R. scbrum
G. Don (L. rough, scurfy) Luchu Azalea,
Kerama Tsutsuji
; grown in gardens around Kagoshima for more than 250 years.
R. scarlatnum
Sleum. (L. reddish)
R. schistoclyx
Balf. f. & Forr. (G.
schizein
to split + calyx)
R. schizostgma
Sleum. (G. split stigma)
R. schlchteri
Lauterbach (of Friedrich R.R. Schlechter, 1872-1925, famous Berlin botanical collector)
R. schlippenbchii
(-bacb-) Max. (of Baron A. von Schlippenbach, Russian naval officer who discovered it in 1854) Royal Azalea,
Kurofune Tsutsuji
. Ch. flowers similar to shape of character for man.
R. schddei
Sleum. (of R. Schodde, who collected in New Guinea)
R. scopulrum
Hutch. (L. of crags) Ch. "rocky-cliff r."
R. scortechni
(-kee-) King & Gamble (of Rev. Benedetto Scortechini, 1845-1886, Italy, Calcutta. In Queensland, 1871-84, collaborated with F. M. Bailey, G. King & F. von Mueller; published on mycology)
Scortechnia
Hook. f.
R. searlenum
Sleum. (of L. K. Searle, who first collected it in New Guinea in 1972)
R. sersiae
Rehd. & Wils. (of Sarah Choate Sears, 1858-1935, artist in Mass.) Ch. "green-spotted r.", intr. 1908.
R. seimndii
J. J. Sm. (of E. Seimund, an English collector in Malaysia)
R. seinghkunseWard
(of the Seinghku Valley, Upper Burma)
R. selnse
Franch. (of Sie-La, w. Yunnan) Ch. "variable r."
ssp.
dascladum
(Balf. f. &W.W. Sm.) Chamb. (G.
dasus
hairy +
klados
shoot)
ssp.
jucndum
(Balf. f. & W. W. Sm.) Chamb. (L. pleasant)
ssp.
setferum
(Balf. f. &W. W. Sm.) Chamb. (L. bearing bristles)
R. semibarbtum
Max. (L. half-bearded, i.e. shoots with glandular & eglandular hairs)
R. semnodes
Tagg & Forr. (resembling
R. semnum
, now
R. praestans
)
R. sernicum
J. J. Sm. (of Ceram Island, called 'Seran,' in the Moluccas)
R. serpylliflium
(A. Gray) Miq.(L. leaf of
Thymus
serpyllum) Wild-Thyme Azalea,
Unzen Tsutsuji
; intr. into Eng. by Maries c.1880.
R. serrultum
(Small) Millais (L. finely saw-toothed) Hammock [= hummock] Sweet Azalea; intr. by Arnold Arbor, in 1919, but first collected by Thomas Drummond near New Orleans c.1830.
R. sessiliiflium
J. J. Sm. (L. leaf without a stalk)
R. setsum
D. Don (L. very bristly) Ch. "bristly r."
R. shelae
Sleum. (of "Sheila Collenette, amateur botanist and explorer of Mt. Kinabalu [orchids and rhododendrons] in the sixties. Lives at Edinburgh; busy with a
Flora of Arabia"
Sleumer)
R. sherrffii
Cowan (of Maj. George Sherriff, 1898-1967, vice-consul at Kashgar) With Frank Ludlow he made several botanical and ornithological surveys of the Himalaya; 1934:
Primula sherrffae
(for his mother),
P. ludlowii
; 1936: 2,000 specimens, including
R. sherriffii
; 1938:
R. viscidifolium
,
Paeonia lutea
var.
ludlowii
. Also, 1946-7 and 1949. The Ludlow & Sherriff rhododendrons are listed in
The Rhododendron Handbook
1980, Royal Hort. Soc., pp. 319-322. Sherriff discovered 27 new primulas which he grew, with other Himalayan plants, at Kirriemuir, Scot. He boasted that he had seen every primula known to science.
R. shwelinse
(shway-) Balf. f. & Forr. (of the Shweli River, s.w. Yunnan)
R. skhotnse
Pojarkova (of Sichot at Ol'ga Bay, Khabarovsk, s.e. Siberia)
R. sidreum
Balf. f. (L. starry, brilliant)
R. siderophllum
Franch. (G.
sidereos
made of iron, i.e. rusty + leaf) Ch. "rusty-leaved r."
R. sikangnse
Fang (of Sikang Prov., s.w. Sichuan) Ch. "W. Sichuan r."
R. sikayotaizannse
Masumune (of Sikayotaizan, Taiwan) Azalea.
R. simirum
Hance (L. of monkeys) Ch. "monkey-head r." Perhaps the sometimes red-hairy capsule contributed to the name.
ssp.
yongae
(Fang) Chamb. (of Mrs. Young Fang, d. 1936, mother of the author) Ch. "curved-point r."
R. smsii
Planch, (of John Sims, 1749-1831, M.D. Edinb., physician to Princess Charlotte; edited
Ann. Bot.
, 1804-6, Curtis's
Bot. Mag.
, 1801-26) Sims Azalea. Ch. "cuckoo", "reflect mountain red r."
R. smulans
1. Sleum. (L. imitative), Vireya listed in
The Rhododendron Handbook
, 1980, Royal Hort. Soc., p. 98.
R. smulans
2. (Tagg & Forr.) Chamberlain,
stat. nov.
for
R. mimetes
Tagg & Forr.
var.
simulans
Tagg & Forr.; in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 39:2:343 (1982)
R. sinofalcneri
Balf. f. (Chinese
R. falconeri
)
R. sinogrnde
Balf. f. & W. W. Sm. (Chinese
R. grande
)
R. smirnwii
Trautv. (of M. Smirnow, a friend of the discoverer, Baron Ungern-Sternberg) intr. 1886.
R. smthii
Nutt. ex Hook.f. (of Sir James E. Smith, 1759-1828, M.D. Leyden). In 1784 Smith purchased Linnaeus's collections and in 1788 founded the Linnean Society, of which he was president to 1828. Among his publications:
Icones Pctae Plantarum Rariorum
, 1790-93;
English Flora
(with J. Sowerby), 1790-1814, 36 vols.
Smithia
Aiton.
R. solitrium
Sleum. (L. alone)
R. soliei
Franch. (of Pre Jean-Andre Souli, 1858-1905, medical missionary who made many dangerous journeys into e. Tibet. He was murdered in the general massacre of missionaries by Batang lamas; intr.
Buddleia davidi
.)
R. spanotrchum
Balf. f. & W. W. Sm. (G.
spanos
scarce + hairs)
R.spathultum
Ridley (G.
spathe
a broad blade)
R. sperbile
Balf.f. & Farr. (L. to be hoped for)
var.
weihsinse
(way-shee-) Tagg (of Weisi, w. Sichuan)
R. sperabilodes
Tagg & Forr. (like
R. sperabile
)
R. sphaeroblstum
Balf.f. & Forr. (G.
sphaira
a ball +
blastos
a bud)
R. spiltum
Balf. f. & Farr. (G.
spilos
a stain)
R. spinulferum
Franch. (L. bearing spines) Ch. "firecracker flower".
var.
glabrscens
K. M. Feng (L. becoming smooth) Ch. "few-haired firecracker flower".
R. spondylophllum
F. v. Mueller (G.
sphondulos
a vertebra, i.e. its hardness, + leaf)
R. stamneum
Franch. (L. with prominent stamens) Ch. "long-stamen r.", "six-bone tendon".
var.
lasiocrpum
R.C. Fang & C. H. Yank (G.
lasios
shaggy with hair +
karpos
fruit)
R. stellgerum
Sleum. (L. star-carrying, i.e. bright)
R. stenalum
Balf. f. & W.W. Sm. (G.
stenos
narrow +
aulos
tube)
R. stevensinum
Sleum. (of P. Stevens, who collected it in New Guinea)
R. stewartinum
Diels (of Laurence B. Stewart, 1876-1934, curator, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh) Ch. "fascinating r."
R. stollenum
(shtolle-) Schlechter (of a Herr Stolle who participated in the Kaiserin-Augusta Expedition on the Sepik R. in former Kaiser Wilhelmsland, New Guinea, c.1912-13)
R. stesemnnii
(shtrese-) J. J. Sm. (of ornithologist E. Stresemann,who collected in the Moluccas; bro. of Gustav Stresemann, who shared with Aristide Briand the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926)
R. strigillsum
Franch. (L. with many short bristles) Ch. "prickly r." intr. 1904.
R. suavolens
Sleum. (L. sweet-smelling)
R. subansirinse
Chamberlain & Cox (of the Subansiri Division, n. e. India)
R. subcordtum
Beccari (L. almost heart-shaped)
R. subcrenultum
Sleum. (L. somewhat scalloped)
R. subpacficum
Sleum. (at the Pacific Ocean)
R. subsssile
Rendle (L. sitting under, i.e. almost stalkless)
R. subulferum
Sleum. (L. awl-bearing)
R. subulsum
Sleum. (L. awl-shaped, i.e. lvs.)
R. succthii
Davidian (of Sir George I. Campbell of Succoth, w. Scotland, grower of rhododendrons)
R. sulfreum
Franch. (L. sulfur-colored) Ch. "sulfur r."
R. sumatrnum
Men. (of Sumatra, collected in the Vanderbilt expedition in the 1930s)
R. suprbum
Sleum. (L proud)
R. surasinum
Balf.f. & Craib (of Surat or Surasi, Chiengmai Prov., no. Thailand)
R. sutchuennse
Franch. (of Sichuan) intro. 1911 Ch. "Sichuan r."
R. syringodeum
Sleum. (G. like
surigx
a shepherd's pipe)
Other Ericaceous Genera P
Pernttya
Gaudichaud-Beaupr (named for A. J. Pernetty, 1716-1801, who accompanied Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation, 1766-69 and later wrote an account of a trip to the Falklands) c.25 spp., NZ., Tasmania, Mex.-So. Amer.
P. alpna
Franklin (of mountains), mts. of So. Isl., N.Z.
P. macrostgma
Colenso (G. large stigma) throughout NZ.
P. mucronta
(L.f.) Gaud.-Beaup. (L. having a short, straight point) Straits-of-Magellan region, cult. 1828.
var.
angustiflia
(Lindl.) Reiche (L. narrow lvs.) cult. 1840.
P. nna
Col. (G. & L. dwarf) N.Z.
P. prostrta
(Cav.) Sleum. (L. trailing along the ground) Costa Rica - no. Chile, cult. 1874.
P. pmila
(L.f.) Hook. (L. dwarf) so. So. Amer.
var.
leucocrpa
(DC) Kausel (G.
leukos
white +
karpos
fruit) so. Chile.
P. tasmnica
(L.f.) Hook.f. (of Tasmania)
Phylldoce
Salisbury (a Nereid, attendant to Cyrene, who was brought by Apollo to No. Africa [e. Libya], Virgil,
Ceorgcs
IV, 336) Mountain Heather, c.8 circumboreal spp.
P. aletica
(K. Spreng.)A. Heller (of the Aleutians) e. Asia-Alaska intr. 1915.
P. brweri
(A. Gray) A. Heller (of Wm. H. Brewer, 1828-1910, geologist & botanist, leader of field-parties of Cal. State Geological Survey) Mt.-Heather Sierra Nev., San Bernardino Mts. no. to Mt. Lassen.
P. caerlea
(L.) Babington (L. sky-blue; actually purple) circumpolar so. to Me., N.H. Alta. cult. 1806.
P. empetrifrmis
(Sm.) D. Don (shaped like
Empetrum
Crowberry) no. Cal.- Alaska, Rocky Mts. cult. 1830.
P. glanduliflra
(Hook.) Coville (L. glandular flowers) Alaska- so. Ore.- Rocky Mts. intr. c. 1885.
P. nippnica
Mak. (Japanese) intr. 1915.
P. tsugiflia
Nakai (
Tsuga
hemlock-leaves) no. Japan.
Peris
D. Don (a mountain in Thessaly, Greece, birthplace of the Muses) c.8 spp. e. Asia, Himal., No. Amer.
P. floribnda
(Pursh ex Sims) Benth. & Hook. (L. free-flowering) Fetterbush Va.- Ga. intr. 1800.
P. formsa
(Wallich) D. Don (L. beautiful) e. Himal. cult. 1885.
P. forrstii
R. Harrow ex W.W. Sm. (of George Forrest, 1873-1932) Himal. intro. c.1910.
P. japnica
(Thunb.) D. Don ex G. Don (Japanese) cult. 1870.
P. nna
(Maxim.) Makino (G. & L. dwarf) no. Asia intr. 1915.
P. phillyreiflia
(Hook.) DC (lvs. like those of
phillyrea
,
Oleaceae
) coastal plain no. Fla.-Ga.-Ala.
P. taiwannsis
Hayata (of Taiwan) intr. 1918.
Other Ericaceous Genera R
Rhodothmnus
Reichenbach (G.
rhodon
rose +
thamnos
a bush, i.e. rose-colored flowers) 1 sp. Alps to e. Siberia; intro. c.1790.
R. chamaecstus
(L.) Rchb. (G.
chamai
on the ground +
Cistus
); classified by Linaeus as
Rhododendron chamaecistus
.
This series began in the Spring 1988 issue of the ARS Journal and will continue in the Winter 1990 issue.
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