⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2667175, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Rhododendron nipponicum .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 30: 595 1943.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326879-1
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