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Rhododendrons and maple trees Canvas Prints
Rhododendrons and maple trees Canvas Prints
Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ?????? rhódon "rose" and ?????? déndro "tree")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[full citation needed] Azaleas make up two subgenera of Rhododendron. They are distinguished from "true" rhododendrons by having only five anthers per flower. The Rhododendron genus is the largest of the genera in the Ericaceae family, with 1,024 species, though estimates vary from 850-1000 depending on the authority used, (Fayaz 2012) and is morphologically diverse. Consequently, the taxonomy has been historically complex. 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 (1870) 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.
