J. Jap. Bot. 11: 825 (1935)
WFO ID: wfo-0000399969
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332863-1
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Shrub; young shoots glabrous. Leaves ovate-rhombic, 2.5-3 x 1.5-1.7cm, apex acute, upper surface at first hairy, lower surface with lamina glabrous, veins and midrib with brown hairs, especially towards base; petioles very short. Inflorescence 1-flowered, flowers appearing before leaves; pedicels 10-15mm, densely brownish setose-pubescent. Calyx inconspicuous. Corolla open funnel-campanulate, c.25mm, deep magenta, spotted, lobes c.20mm, oblong. Stamens 10, unequal, filaments glabrous. Ovary densely brownish setose-strigose; style glabrous. Capsule 8 x 3mm.
Japan (S Kyushyu)
Wooded hillsides
R. nudipes var. mayebarae Nakai & Hara in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 25 (2-3): 37 (1972). R. mayebarae Nakai var. obsumiense Yamazaki, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 209 (1984). Type: Japan, Pref. Kagoshima, Aranishiyama, 800-900m, 21 ix 1977, Takeda (holo. TI, n.v.).
Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):149