Description

Shrub; young shoots glabrous. Leaves elliptic, 8-12 x 2.5-3.5cm, 3.2-3.4 x as long as broad, apex ± cuspidate, base cuneate, upper surface glabrous when mature, lower surface with persistent punctate hair-bases, sometimes also with persistent dendroid hairs, especially towards the base and on the midrib; petioles 1.5-2cm, with a floccose indumentum at first, soon becoming ± glabrous. Inflorescence c.lO-flowered; rhachis 15-25mm; pedicels c.35mm, with a sparse dendroid indumentum. Calyx c.3mm, sparsely hairy. Corolla funnel-campanulate, white with reddish flecks, 35-45mm. Ovary densely glandular; style sparsely glandular below. Capsule not known.

Distribution

Taiwan

Altitude

Habitat

Nomenclatural History

R. rubropunctatum Hayata, ibid. 3: 141 (1913), non Leveille (1911). Type: Taiwan, Mt Shichiseitonzan, iv 1910, Sasaki (iso. A,E).

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):306