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Table 1 List of Rhododendron species with the highest antimicrobial activities against Gram-positive bacteria

From: Phylogenetic spectrum and analysis of antibacterial activities of leaf extracts from plants of the genus Rhododendron

Genebank-no.*

Species name

Section

Sub-section

100.345

R. ferrugineum L.

Rhododendron

Rhododendron

100.007

R. ambiguum Hemsley

Rhododendron

Triflora

2006/232

R. anthopogon Don ssp. anthopogon Betty Graham

Pogonanthum

-

NA

R. hirsutum L.

Rhododendron

Rhododendron

100.906

R. anthopogon ssp. hypenanthum Bale. F. & Cullen

Pogonanthum

-

100.326

R. concinnum Hemsley

Rhododendron

Triflora

100.881

R. sichotense Pojarkova

Rhododendron

Rhodorastra

100.322

R. cinnabarinum Hooker

Rhododendron

Cinnabarina

NA

R. racemosum Franchet

Rhododendron

Scabrifolia

100.882

R. ledebourii Pojarkova

Rhododendron

Rhodorastra

100.404

R. rubiginosum Franchet

Rhododendron

Heliolepida

100.474

R. xanthostephanum Merrill

Rhododendron

Tephropepla

101.048

R. myrtifolium Schott & Kotschy

Rhododendron

Rhododendron

100.370

R. minus Michaux

Rhododendron

Caroliniana

100.392

R. polycladum Franchet

Rhododendron

Lapponica

100.464

R. spinuliferum Franchet

Rhododendron

Scabrifolia

100.353

R. hippophaeoides var. hippophaeoides Hutchinson

Rhododendron

Lapponica

  1. *Gene bank numbers used in the collection of the Rhododendron-Park Bremen.
  2. NA: Not a plant of the German Genebank Rhododendron but a verified plant of the Rhododendron-Park Bremen.