Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 5: 214 (1912).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048893
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332013-1
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Shrub or tree, 1.8—9m. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, 9-19 x 2.6-8.2cm, 3—5.3 x as long as broad, apex apicuiate, base attenuate to rounded, lower surface with a thin unistrate compacted fawn to brown indumentum composed of radiate hairs; petioles 1.5-2cm, sometimes winged, glabrous or floccose. Inflorescence 10-25-flowered; rhachis c.25mm; pedicels 15-25mm, sparsely hairy. Calyx 0.5- 1mm, glabrous, lobes rounded. Corolla broadly campanulate, white flushed rose to pink, with or without purple flecks and a basal blotch, 35-45(-55)mm. Ovary densely white- to brown-tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule 20-45 x 6-9mm, curved.
China (SE Xizang, NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan), NE Upper Burma.
R. colletum Balfour f. & Forrest, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11: 39 (1919). Type: China, W NW Yunnan, Mekong/Salween divide, 11000ft, vii 1917, Forrest 14450 (holo. E; iso. K). R. emaculatum Balfour f. & Forrest, ibid. 13: 42 (1920). Type: China, SE Xizang, Tsarong, Dokar-la, Mekong/Salween divide, vii 1917, Forrest 14352 (holo. E; iso. K).
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):365