Rhododendron coelicum Balf.f. & Farrer

Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 13: 250 (1922).

WFO ID: wfo-0001229613

IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332213-1

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Description

Small shrub; young shoots sparsely stipitate-glandular. Leaves obovate, 6-8.5 X 3.1-4.4cm, 1.6-2 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a thick fulvous dendroid tomentum; petioles 1 — 1.5cm, sparsely short stipitate-glandular. Inflorescence c. 10-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 7-10mm, shortly stipitate-glandular, often also with remnants of the juvenile tomentum. Calyx 5-7mm, lobes rounded, glandular-ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Corolla fleshy, tubular-campanulate, crimson, 38—45mm. Ovary shortly stipitate-glandular and tomentose. Capsule 15-18 x c.5mm, curved.

Distribution

NE Upper Burma and adjacent parts of China (W Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Shaded screes, cliffs

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):389