Rhododendron eclecteum Balf.f. & Forrest

Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12: 205 (1920)

WFO ID: wfo-0001048786

IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332357-1

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Description

Shrub, 1 -3(-4.5)m; bark smooth and peeling; young shoots usually sparsely glandular. Leaves obovate-lanceolate (jargonelle-shaped) to elliptic, (4-)6-14.5 x (3-)3.5-5.6cm, 1.9-2.3 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate to retuse, base ± cuneate to rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with epidermis epapillate, glabrous though often with at least some simple straight hairs on either side of the midrib, veins conspicuous; petioles 0.4-3cm, narrowly winged, glabrous or with a few stipitate glands. Inflorescence dense, 6-11-flowered; rhachis 5- 15mm; pedicels 10-25mm, glabrous or sparsely glandular. Calyx 2-15mm, usually cupular, ± glabrous, lobes rounded. Corolla campanulate or widely funnel-campanulate, white or cream to (more usually) deep crimson, with or without purple flecks, (30-)40-50mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular; style glabrous. Capsule 15-25 x 6-10mm, often glaucous. ** * Rhododendron eclecteum * var. * bellatulum * ** Petioles 8-30mm; leaf lamina 6-12.5 x as long as petioles, usually lacking simple hairs; corolla usually white to yellow, sometimes flushed with rose ** * Rhododendron eclecteum * var. * eclecteum * ** Petioles 4-10mm; leaf lamina 11-18 x as long as petioles, at least some simple straight hairs usually present near the midrib; corolla usually deep magenta-rose to crimson

Distribution

China (SE Xizang, NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan), ne Upper Burma.

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Habitat

Bouldery slopes, thickets, cane brakes

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):425