Rhododendron groenlandicum Saco Bog has been determined to be a tetraploid using flow cytometry by
Dr. João Loureiro, Dr. Silvia Castro, 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.
Rhododendron groenlandicum was formerly classified as Ledum groenlandicum.
Summary of Ploidy Levels
Diploid Rhododendron columbianum,
Diploid Rhododendron subarticum,
Diploid Rhododendron subulatum China,
Tetraploid Rhododendron diversipilosum,
Tetraploid Rhododendron diversipilosum 'Milky Way',
Tetraploid Rhododendron groenlandicum,
Tetraploid Rhododendron groenlandicum Saco Bog, Maine,
Tetraploid Rhododendron hypoleucum,
Tetraploid Rhododendron neoglandulosum,
Tetraploid Rhododendron tolmachevii,
Tetraploid Rhododendron tomentosum Turku Archipelago
Source: Saco Bog, Maine (John and Sally Perkins)
John and Sally Perkins
