Rhododendron sikayotaizanense Masamune

Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 29: 27 (1939)

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Description

Shrub; young shoots covered with adpressed-strigose hairs. Leaves monomorphic, coriaceous, oblong to ovate-oblong, 0.4-1.4 x 0.2-0.6cm, 2-2.2 x as long as broad, apex apiculate, base cuneate, upper surface sparsely adpressed-hirsute, lower surface adpressed-hirsute, with a densely pilose midrib; petioles not known. Inflorescence 2-3-flowered; pedicels c.lOmm, ± pilose. Calyx with linear-lanceolate, ciliate lobes, c.4mm long. Corolla campanulate, red, c.20mm. Stamens 4-6, unequal, filaments sparsely hirsute. Ovary densely hirsute; style glabrous. Capsule not known.

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Taiwan

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):125