Rhododendron rufosquamosum Hutch.

Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12:63 (1919)

WFO ID: wfo-0001048057

IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333269-1

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Description

Shrub of about 1 m. Young growth not loriform-ciliate. Leaves 80-105 x 25-30 mm, narrowly obovate, tapered to the base, acuminate at the apex, not loriform-ciliate, undersurface brownish with dense, contiguous to overlapping scales. Calyx small, disc-like, loriform-ciliate. Corolla white, pinkish in bud, 55-65 mm, tube c. 35 mm; tube pilose at the base, the rest of the outer surface laxly lepidote. Capsule unknown.

Distribution

China (S Yunnan—area around Szemao and the Papienho river)

Altitude

Habitat

Hillsides

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):47