Rhododendron huguangense P.C.Tam

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, ca. 3 m tall; young shoots cylindric, gray-brown, glabrous. Petioles stout, 15–20 mm, semicircular, grooved, pubescent abaxially, sparsely glandular-setose adaxially; leaf blade leathery, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 10–13.5 × 3–4.5 cm; base broadly cuneate or subrounded; margin entire and slightly revolute; apex acuminate; midrib impressed above, prominent abaxially; lateral veins thin, ca. 16-paired, net veins impressed adaxially, obsolete abaxially. Inflorescence terminal, umbellate, 4–5-flowered; flower buds sticky. Pedicel 1.2–1.5 cm, glabrous; calyx lobes usually triangular, 1–2 mm, occasionally linear-subulate, up to 7 mm, margin pectinate with sparse short setae; corolla funnel-campanulate, white to yellowish, 4.5–4.8 cm, tube cylindric, ca. 15 × 4.5 mm, lobes 5, spathulate, ca. 3.3 cm; stamens 10, unequal, 3–4 cm, filaments puberulent below middle; ovary ca. 7 mm, glabrous; style 4–4.2 cm, longer than stamens, glabrous. Capsule not known. Fl. May.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron huguangense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900769-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229746
COL ID 6X749
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Synonyms

Rhododendron huguangense Rhododendron hukwangense