Rhododendron smokianum, a New Species from the Great Smoky Mountains

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Albach, Dirk C., Bauer, Ralf (2021): Rhododendron smokianum, a New Species from the Great Smoky Mountains. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 46 (1): 122-129, DOI: 10.1600/036364421X16128061189594, URL: doi.org/10.1600/036364421x16128061189594 Abstract —Species delimitation in Rhododendron subsect. Caroliniana (Ericaceae) has been disputed in the past with one or three species accepted.

Here we report a fourth species, R. smokianum, a narrow endemic from the Great Smoky Mountains (Tennessee / North Carolina, USA). It is characterized by short-tubed corollas and small, compact growth. We support our conclusion by phylogenetic analyses of ITS and plastid trnL-F sequence data.