Vireya Rhododendrons

Rhododendron polyanthemum
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Vireya Natural Hybrid List


The following is a list of named natural vireya hybrids. The parentage of hybrids found in the wild can most often be deduced from the presence of true species growing nearby.

A number of the taxa listed were originally considered to be true species, and named accordingly, only to be later shown to be hybrids. Unlike man-made named hybrids, where the given name applies only to one specific cultivar from which all other plants bearing that name are descended, natural hybrid names apply to all plants derived from the crossing of representatives of the stated parent taxa.

In accordance with the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature the name of each taxon is prefixed with "×" (the multiplication symbol, not the letter x) to indicate hybridity.

Click on a green highlighted name for more information and photographs of the selected taxon.





Name   Parentage
R. ×andersonii - jasminiflorum x malayanum
R. ×coriifolium - buxifolium x rugosum
R. ×epilosum - retusum x sumatranum
R. ×fuchsii - buxifolium x lowii
R. ×gilliardii - macgregoriae x unknown
R. ×hybridogenum - malayanum x jasminiflorum
R. ×keditii - rugosum x crassifolium
R. ×liewianum - rugosum x stenophyllum
R. ×nebulicolum - brassii x versteegii
R. ×ootrichum - rarilepidotum x sumatranum
R. ×planecostatum - bagobonum x crassifolium
R. ×sarcodes - bagobonum x javanicum ssp. schadenbergii
R. ×schoddei - christi x beyerinckianum
R. ×sheilae - abietifolium x buxifolium
R. ×silvicolum - cuneifolium x ericoides
R. ×variolosum - jasminiflorum x malayanum
R. ×wilhelminae - javanicum x malayanum
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