Rhododendron coeloneuron Diels

Bot. Jahrb. 29: 513 (1900); Fang, Contr. biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. ser. 12: 57 (1939), descr. ampl.

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Description

Tree, 4-8m. Leaves oblanceolate, 7.5-12 x 2.5-4cm, 3-3.5 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, sometimes with extreme tip blunt, base cuneate, lower surface with a dense bistrate indumentum, the upper layer rufous, ramiform-tomentose, persistent or evanescent, the lower whitish, adpressed, scurfy; petioles 1—2cm, densely rufous-tomentose. Inflorescence 6-9-flowered; rhachis c.3mm; pedicels 7- 15mm, densely rufous-tomentose. Calyx c.2mm, tomentose. Corolla funnel-campanulate, pink or purplish, 40-45mm. Ovary densely rufous-tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule not known.

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China (SE Sichuan)

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):361