Reinwardtia 1960. 5: 163.
WFO ID: wfo-0000400377
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332002-1
Verified by:
Shrub to 1.2m, slenderly branched. Twigs c.2mm in diameter, rounded, laxly scaly; internodes 2–5cm. Leaves 5–7 together in tight pseudowhorls. Blade 20–35 x 5–10mm, narrowly obovate; apex rounded, shortly retuse; margin slightly revolute, entire or sub-crenulate; base tapering, decurrent; initially sub-densely scaly on both sides, glabrescent above, persistently scaly beneath. Scales small, marginal zone irregularly stellately divided, quickly disintegrating; centre small, red brown, impressed. Mid-vein impressed above, obtusely prominent in the proximal ½ beneath, becoming flat distally; lateral veins and reticulation obscure. Petiole 1–2 x c.1mm, flattened. Bracts to 6 x 4mm, ovate-sub-acuminate, glabrous and shining outside. Bracteoles c.8mm, filiform below, sub-spathulate distally, glabrous. Inflorescence 2–3-flowered, sometimes reduced to a solitary flower. Pedicels 12–15mm, slender, densely stellate-scaly, without hairs. Calyx c.3mm in diameter, shortly cup-shaped, mostly very oblique, densely scaly, with obtuse lobes to c.1mm. Corolla c.20mm, open campanulate, membranous, red, lobed to halfway; tube c.10 x 3–4 x c.10mm, laxly scaly outside, glabrous inside; lobes c.10 x 6–7mm, obovate-sub-spathulate. Stamens c.12mm, exserted to c.6mm, slightly unequal; filaments linear, sub-densely patently hairy proximally; anthers c.2 x 1.2mm, broadly oblong. Disc glabrous. Ovary c.4 x 2mm, ovoid-conical, abruptly contracted distally, densely scaly; style 6–8mm, slender, glabrous; stigma rounded.
Indonesia, N Sumatra, Gajo Lands, Redelong Volcano.
R. pubigermen J.J.Sm. var. banghamiorum J.J.Sm. in Merr., Contr. Arn. Arb. 1934. 8: 123.
Argent, G. (2006) Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya. RHS:London. Page:195