Rhododendron 'Kathy Van Veen', which is a documented as a sport of 'The Honorable Jean Marie de Montague', has been determined to be a diploid using flow cytometry by
Dr. João Loureiro, Dr. Silvia Castro, José Cerca, and Mariana Castro
Plant Ecology and Evolution Group,
Centre for Functional Ecology,
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Summary of Ploidy Levels
Diploid 'Kathy Van Veen',
Diploid 'The Honorable Jean Marie de Montague'
Source Marc Colombel
John and Sally Perkins
