Linnaeus, C. (1762), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 1: 562 APC [tax. nov.]

• APC Dist.: NSW (doubtfully naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 42 [secondary reference]

Ferrer-Gallego, P.P. & Laguna, E. (December 2018), (2663) Proposal to conserve the name Rhododendron ponticum (Ericaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 67(6): 1226 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Turkey, Trabzon Prov., Hamsiköy, 45 km SSW of Trabzon, 5 Jun 1959 (“Iter Leydense 1959”) Hennipman & al. 1855 (WAG 2D-code WAG.1784410; isotypi: L No. 960335 090 [2D-code L.2617341], U No. 323864 [2D-code U.1271088]), typ. cons. prop."

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