Rhododendron ponticum L.
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Shrub, 2-5(-8)m; young shoots glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate to broadly elliptic, 6-18 x 2.4-5.5cm, 1.8-5 x as long as broad, apex acute to acuminate, base ± rounded to cuneate, upper and lower surfaces glabrous when mature; petioles l-2cm, glabrous or with a few stipitate glands and a sparse floccose tomentum. Inflorescence 8-20-flowered; rhachis 10-50mm, glabrous or more rarely velutinous to ± lanate; pedicels 30-35mm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular. Calyx l-2mm, glabrous, lobes shallowly triangular. Corolla campanulate, lilac-pink to purple, usually with greenish-yellow flecks, 35-50mm. Ovary and style glabrous. Capsule 15-25 x 3-4mm.
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"Notes: Western Ghats, Cultivated Native of Himalayas"
R. lancifotium Moench, Meth. 45 (1794), nomen illegit. R. speciosum Salisbury, Prodr. 287 (1796), nomen illegit. R. parviflorum Dumont de Courset, Bot. Cult. ed. 2,1: 253 (1811). No type designated. R. algarvense Page, Prodr. Southampt. Gard. 38 (1817), nomen nudum. R. baeticum Boissier & Reuter in Boissier, Diagn. Ser. 2,3: 118 (1856). Type: Spain, in montibus Baeticae australibus circa Algeciras et Tarife, Boissier & Reuter, n.v. ?R. adansonii Pepin, Ann. Fl. Pomone 304, t. (1859). R. ponticum L. var. brachycarpum Boissier, Fl. Or. 3: 972 (1875). Syntypes: Lebanon, Labillardiere; inter Zachle et Beckfaya, Boissier, in monte Sanin, Ehrhardt; in valle Hamama, Mart., n.v. R. ponticum L. subsp. baeticum (Boissier & Reuter) Handel-Mazzetti, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 23: 53 (1909).
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SPAIN, PORTUGAL, BULGARIA, N TURKEY, USSR (W Caucasia), LEBANON.
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Tamil Nadu: Dindigul
Chile Central
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Habit: Shrub/small tree
Forests, Rhododendron thickets
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Foodplant / saprobe
amphigenous, erumpent perithecium of Chaetapiospora rhododendri is saprobic on dead leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Remarks: season: 2-4
Foodplant / saprobe
effuse colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph of Chalara fungorum is saprobic on dead leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
mostly hypophyllous telium of Chrysomyxa ledi var. rhododendri parasitises live leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
immersed pycnidium of Coleophoma coelomycetous anamorph of Coleophoma empetri is saprobic on dead leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Remarks: season: 10-4
Foodplant / sap sucker
Dialeurodes chittendeni sucks sap of live leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / parasite
cleistothecium of Erysiphe azaleae parasitises live leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Ganoderma australe is saprobic on dead trunk of Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / spot causer
concentrically arranged acervulus of Gloeosporium coelomycetous anamorph of Glomerella cingulata causes spots on live leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / parasite
fruitbody of Grifola frondosa parasitises live root of Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Hapalopilus nidulans is saprobic on dead, decayed wood of Rhododendron ponticum
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Hymenochaete cinnamomea is saprobic on dead, attached bark of Rhododendron ponticum
Other: unusual host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
opening by slit pseudothecium of Lembosina aulographoides is saprobic on attached twig (bark) of Rhododendron ponticum
Remarks: season: 2-6
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
hypophyllous, subcuticular apothecium of Lophomerum ponticum is saprobic on dead, attached leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Remarks: season: (9-)2(-3)
Foodplant / saprobe
pycnothyrium of Morenoina rhododendri is saprobic on dead twig of conidial anamorph of Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / spot causer
mostly immersed pseudothecium of Mycosphaerella rhododendri causes spots on live leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Remarks: season: 5
Foodplant / parasite
Oidium ericinum parasitises Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / saprobe
mostly epiphyllous acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph of Pestalotiopsis sydowiana is saprobic on dead leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Remarks: season: 8-9
Plant / epiphyte
epiphyllous thallus of Phycopeltis arundinacea grows on live leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Plant / epiphyte
epiphyllous thallus of Phycopeltis epiphyton grows on live leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / spot causer
scattered or gregarious, erumpent pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph of Phyllosticta berolinensis causes spots on live leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Remarks: season: 5
Foodplant / visitor
adult of Physocephala nigra visits for nectar and/or pollen flower of Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / pathogen
Phytophthora inflata infects and damages Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / saprobe
immersed perithecium of Pseudomassaria thistletonia is saprobic on dead leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Remarks: season: 2-3
Foodplant / saprobe
effuse colony of Pterygosporopsis dematiaceous anamorph of Pterygosporopsis rhododendri is saprobic on dead leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Foodplant / spot causer
epiphyllous, punctiform, aggregated or circinate pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph of Septoria rhododendri causes spots on leaf of Rhododendron ponticum
Remarks: season: 5
Foodplant / sap sucker
nymph of Stephanitis rhododendri sucks sap of Rhododendron ponticum
Other: major host/prey
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.