Journ. Linn. Soc. 26:21 (1889)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048139
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332230-1
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Shrub, 0-5-2 m. Leaves ovate or elliptic, 35-60 x 18-32 mm, rounded to cordate at the base, acute to slightly acuminate at the apex, upper surface lepidote (scales sometimes deciduous), puberulent along the midrib, lower surface grey or brownish with numerous contiguous or almost contiguous large, flat, broadly rimmed scales with a tendency to dimorphism in colour—golden and brown. Inflorescence 2-4-flowered; pedicels (5-)7-13 mm, lepidote. Calyx minute, variably lobed, ciiiate with loriform and filiform-acicular hairs, rarely glabrous. Corolla purple or reddish purple, rarely pale, 20-30 mm, tube 8-15 mm, lepidote on the tube outside, pubescent within the tube. Stamens 10, filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary lepidote, sometimes minutely pubescent at apex. Style glabrous or puberulent. Capsule lepidote, 8-14 mm
China (NW, SW, C & E Sichuan, W Hubei)
Forests and thickets
R. yanthinum Bureau & Franchet, Journ. de Bot. 5:94 (1891). Type: China,
Szechuan, sur les montagnes au sud du Tatsienlu, Henri d’Orleans (holo. P—n.v., iso. E). R. benthamianum Hemsley, Gard. Chron. 47:4 (1910). Type: China, Szechuan, Wilson 1878 (holo. K). R. coombense Hemsley, Bot. Mag. 135: t. 8280 (1909). Type: a cultivated specimen (holo. K). R. apiculatum Rehder & Wilson, PI. Wils. 1:519 (1913). Type: China, Szechuan, west and near Wen chuan hsien, Wilson 3422 (iso. K). R. yanthinum var. lepidanthum Rehder & Wilson, Ioc. cit. Type: China, Szechuan, west and near Wen chuan hsien, 2500 in, vii 1908, Wilson 3419 (n.v.). R. laetevirens [Balfour f. ex] Hutchinson, The Species of Rhododendron, 781 (1930) in syn. R. pseudoyanthinum [Balfour f. ex] Hutchinson, op. cit.: 783. Type: as for R. yanthinum var. lepidanthum. R. concinnum var. benthamianum (Hemsley) Davidian, R.H.S. Rhodo. Yearbook 17:194 (1963). R. concinnum var. pseudoyanthinum (Balfour ex Hutchinson) Davidian, loc. cit.
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):75