Rhododendron spanotrichum Balfour f. & W.W.Sm.

Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 27: 214 (1917).

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Description

Tree, c.6m. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate, 9-11 x 1.3-4cm, 2.8-3.5 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, base ± cuneate, margin not undulate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrous when mature though with red punctate hair bases overlying the veins; petioles 1.5-2cm, glabrous. Inflorescence 7-10-flowered; rhachis short; pedicels c.lOmm, sparsely stellate-tomentose. Calyx c.lmm, glabrous. Corolla probably open-campanulate, glabrous within, crimson, c.45mm. Ovary sparsely rufous-tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule not known.

Distribution

China (SE Yunnan)

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Forests, etc.

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):293