Rhododendron guangnanense R.C.Fang

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 8–10 m tall; young shoots brown, sparsely scaly. Petiole slender, 5–7 mm, scaly; leaf blade ovate, 2.5–5.5 × 1–2.3 cm; base broadly cuneate to rounded; apex acuminate, apiculate; abaxial surface scales 1–3 × their own diameter apart, all similar, midrib pubescent; adaxial surface sparsely scaly, these soon lost, pubescent along midrib; lateral veins 7-paired, thin, flat above and slightly raised below. Inflorescence terminal, shortly racemose, 4-flowered; rachis ca. 3 mm. Pedicel thin, 0.3–0.6 cm, with small scales; calyx rimlike, or undulate and 5-lobed, small, scaly; corolla broadly funnelform-campanulate, 5-lobed to the middle, white, 1.5–1.8 cm, outer surface scaly; lobes oblong; stamens 10, unequal, shorter than corolla; filaments puberulent at base; ovary densely scaly; style slightly longer than corolla, glabrous. Capsule not known. Fl. Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 10.0
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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron guangnanense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900767-1
WFO ID wfo-0001231542
COL ID 4SFYW
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Synonyms

Rhododendron guangnanense