Rhododendron erosum Cowan

Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 19:225 (1937).

WFO ID: wfo-0001048739

IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332384-1

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Description

Tree, 3.5-6.5m; young shoots with numerous gland-tipped setae. Leaves broadly obovate, 8—10 x 3.7—7cm, 1.5—2.1 x as long as broad, apex and base rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with sparse stout gland-tipped setae and a floccose lanate indumentum, dense at first, becoming thinner with age, midrib with a few bristles; petioles clem, sparsely glandular-bristly. Inflorescence dense, 12-15-flowered; rhachis c.lOmm; pedicels c.lOmm, stipitate-glandular. Calyx reddish, 3-4mm, glabrous, lobes rounded. Corolla tubular-campanulate, rose-pink to crimson, 30-35mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular; style glabrous. Capsule c.20 x 6mm, curved.

Distribution

China (SE Xizang)

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Habitat

Under Abies, etc.

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):382