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Ledum palustre L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Ledum (family Ericaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 391 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:279380-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Ledum palustre var. angustum E.A. Busch	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Ledum palustre var. palustre	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Ledum tomentosum Stokes	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhododendron palustre (L.) Kron & Judd	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhododendron tomentosum Harmaja	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Ledum palustre subsp. decumbens (Aiton) Hultén	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	5
Ledum palustre subsp. groenlandicum (Oeder) Hultén	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name record (from WCSP (in review)) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Ledum palustre in version 1 of The Plant List.