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Taxon

Rhododendron arboreum Sm.

Protologue Exot. Bot. 1: 9, t. 6. 1805IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Rhododendron arboreum, 63.0226--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 177.jpg

Rhododendron arboreum, 63.0226--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 177.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rhododendron arboreum, 63.0226--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 180.jpg

Rhododendron arboreum, 63.0226--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 180.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rhododendron arboreum, 63.0226--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 179.jpg

Rhododendron arboreum, 63.0226--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 179.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Rhododendron

Species

arboreum

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to Assam, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, West Himalaya; introduced into Madeira (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

63.0226

February 10, 2004

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#334,119 of 335,497

Top 100%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →