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Rhododendron
Rhododendron /ˌroʊdəˈdɛndrən/ (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon "rose" and δένδρον déndron "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 highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America. It is the national flower of Nepal as well as the state flower of West Virginia and Washington. Most species have brightly coloured flowers which bloom
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.407
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.220
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.366
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.860
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.79
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.107
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.46
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.358
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.111
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 33)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.39
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 855415.