Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 231 (1890)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048895
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332704-1
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Shrub or small tree, 2—7.5m. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 8—17 x 4.5—7cm, 2-2.5 X as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base rounded, lower surface covered with a thin unistrate compacted indumentum composed of grey-brown radiate hairs; petioles 2-2.5cm, glabrescent. Inflorescence 15-30-flowered; rhachis 25-30mm; pedicels 25-30mm, floccose at first, soon glabrescent. Calyx c.lmm, glabrescent. Calyx c.lmm, glabrous, lobes rounded. Corolla widely campanulate, pure yellow, without flecks, sometimes with a purple basal blotch, 40-50mm. Ovary densely tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule c.20 x 5mm, curved.
China (W Yunnan)
Rocky slopes, forest margins
R. mairei Leveille, Feddes Repert. 12: 285 (1913). Type: China, Yunnan, Lei Tsou mountains, 3000m, v 1912, Maire (holo. E).
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):362