Rhododendron japonicum, the Japanese azalea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to Japan.[1][2] A deciduous shrub reaching 8 ft (2.4 m) but usually half that, it is found in grasslands and open scrub, never in dense thickets or woodlands.[3] It is very similar to the Chinese endemic Rhododendron molle, to the extent that its cultivars are customarily grouped with the cultivars of R. molle.[3]
It is popularly cultivated as a bonsai tree.[4]
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| Rhododendron japonicum |
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Plantae |
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Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
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Asterids |
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Ericales |
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Ericaceae |
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Rhododendron |
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R. japonicum |
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Rhododendron japonicum
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- Azalea japonica A.Gray
- Azalea macrostemon (Maxim.) Kuntze
- Azalea mollis var. glabrior (Miq.) Regel
- Azalea sinensis var. glabrior (Miq.) Maxim.
- Rhododendron japonicum f. aureum E.H.Wilson
- Rhododendron japonicum f. canescens Sugim.
- Rhododendron japonicum f. flavum (Miyoshi) Nakai
- Rhododendron japonicum f. glaucophyllum (Nakai) H.Hara
- Rhododendron japonicum var. glaucophyllum Nakai
- Rhododendron japonicum f. multifidum Nakai
- Rhododendron macrostemon Maxim.
- Rhododendron molle f. canescens (Sugim.) Yonek.
- Rhododendron molle f. flavum (Miyoshi) Yonek.
- Rhododendron molle var. glabrior Miq.
- Rhododendron molle f. glaucophyllum (Nakai) Yonek.
- Rhododendron molle subsp. japonicum (A.Gray) Kron
- Rhododendron molle f. multifidum (Nakai) Yonek.
- Rhododendron sinense f. flavum Miyoshi
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Putative form Rhododendron japonicum f. flavum
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