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Taxon

Rhododendron sidereum Balf.fil.

Protologue Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 12: 162. 1920BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Rhododendron sidereum. 57.0391--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 041.jpg

Rhododendron sidereum. 57.0391--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

57.0391

February 11, 2003

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Rhododendron

Specific Epithet

sidereum

Authorship

Balf.fil.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#321,145 of 335,497

Top 96%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →