Rhododendron brachygynum H.F.Copel.

Phil. J. Sc. 1929. 40(2): 165, pl.11, f.4–6.

WFO ID: wfo-0000400461

IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332040-1

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Description

Shrub to 1m. Twigs red-brown. Leaves either in pseudowhorls at the end of the branchlets or scattered and spiral. Blade c.100 x 45mm, elliptic; apex shortly acuminate; base obtuse, decurrent into the petiole, shining and minutely blackish pitted above, sparsely covered with pale scales beneath. Petiole 15mm. Inflorescence 5-flowered. Pedicels c.20mm, strong, hairy. Corolla 40mm, narrowly obconical, yellow; lobes c.15mm, rounded. Stamens c.30mm; filaments minutely hairy in the proximal part; anthers c.3mm, oblong, base minutely appendaged. Disc hairy, at the upper margin. Ovary c.8 x 3mm, sub-cylindrical, densely hairy, abruptly contracted distally; style c.9mm, glabrous; stigma 2mm in diameter, rounded.

Distribution

Philippines, Cebu

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References

Argent, G. (2006) Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya. RHS:London. Page:282