Description

Very like R. scabrifolium in general appearance, differing as follows: leaves large, ultimately glabrous above (though with filiform-acicular hairs persisting along the midrib and the bases of the setae persistent around the margins), calyx usually disc-like, unlobed, densely pubescent, the corolla ± erect, tubular to very narrowly funnel-shaped, filled with watery nectar, 17-23 mm, tube 11-17 mm, stamens and style exserted, filaments glabrous, capsule 11-17 mm.

Distribution

China (C & S Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Thickets, (800-) 1800-2500 m

Nomenclatural History

R. duclouxii Leveilie, Bull. Soc. Agr. Sarthe 39:46 (1903). Types: China, Yunnan, env. de Yunnansen, 24 ii & 2 hi 1897, Bodinier 115 (iso. E); ibid., 29 i 1897, Ducloux 61 (iso. E). R. fuchsiiflorum Leveille, Feddes Rep. 12:284 (1913). Type: China, Yunnan, montagnes arides de Mo-tsou, 800 m, v 1912, Maire (holo. E)

Notes

References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):85