Relation between soil physico-chemical properties and the distribution of Rhododendron species in China Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Rhododendron is one of the most important ornamental plant genera. Its species are distributed in Asia, Europe and North America. In China 571 Rhododendron species, 180 botanical varieties and 72 subspecies are reported. The Chinese Virtual Herbarium (CVH, http://www.cvh.ac.cn ), an online portal, contains about 90,000 Rhododendron specimens. For more than 30,000 specimens, detailed information on location is present which allows geocoding into ...