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Rhododendrons Gallery Wrapped Canvas Prints
Rhododendrons Gallery Wrapped Canvas Prints
Rhododendron is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the Southern Highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America. It is the national flower of Nepal. Most species have showy flowers which bloom from late winter through to early summer. Azaleas make up two subgenera of Rhododendron. They are distinguished from "true" rhododendrons by having only five anthers per flower. Although Rhododendrons had been known since the description of Rhododendron hirsutum. As more species became available in the nineteenth century a better understanding of the characteristics necessary for the major divisions. Chief amongst these were Maximovicz's Rhododendreae Asiae Orientali and Planchon. Maximovicz used flower bud position and its relationship with leaf buds to create eight Sections. Bentham and Hooker (1876) used a similar scheme, but called the divisions Series. It was not until 1893 that Koehne appreciated the significance of scaling and hence the separation of lepidote and elepidote species.
