ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e122409
A new synonym of Rhododendron subgenus Hymenanthes (Ericaceae)
expand article infoSheng Chen‡, Lei Hao‡, Jun-Mei Yuan‡, Jia-Xin Lou‡, Yun-Song Lou‡, Xiang Chen‡
‡ Guizhou Institute of Biology, Guiyang, China

Corresponding author: Sheng Chen ( chensheng16@126.com )

Corresponding author: Xiang Chen ( xiangchengz@163.com )

© Sheng Chen, Lei Hao, Jun-Mei Yuan, Jia-Xin Lou, Yun-Song Lou, Xiang Chen.
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Citation: Chen S, Hao L, Yuan J-M, Lou J-X, Lou Y-S, Chen X (2024) A new synonym of Rhododendron subgenus Hymenanthes (Ericaceae). ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e122409
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Abstract
Morphological comparison indicates that Rhododendron oligocarpum is conspecific with R. leishanicum. Therefore, we reduced R. oligocarpum to a synonym of R. leishanicum.
Keywords
Rhododendron, Rhododendron leishanicum, morphology, new synonym