Rhododendron hanceanum Hemsl.

Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26:24 (1889)

WFO ID: wfo-0001048932

IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332541-1

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Description

Shrub to 2 m. Young growth lepidote. Leaves narrowly ovate or ± oblong-elliptic, acuminate at the apex with a conspicuous drip tip, tapered to the abruptly or more smoothly rounded base, 70-115 x 34-57 mm, lower surface pale green with rather distant, flat or slightly sunken golden-brown scales, upper surface elepidote, slightly puberulent along the main vein near the base. Inflorescence 5-15-flowered with a conspicuous rachis up to 12 mm, pedicels sparsely lepidote, c. 10 mm. Calyx lobes c. 5 mm, narrowly triangular, sparsely fringed with scales. Corolla white, narrowly funnel-campanulate, c. 20 mm, tube c. 12 mm, glabrous and elepidote outside, sparsely pilose inside at the base of the tube. Stamens 10, filaments pilose towards the base, long-exserted from the corolla. Ovary lepidote, style impressed, glabrous, exceeding stamens. Capsule ovoid-cylindric, lepidote, c. 8 mm

Distribution

China (C Sichuan)

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Habitat

Cliffs

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References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):128