Rhododendron jinchangense Z.H.Yang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Small trees, 2.5–5 m tall; bark gray; young shoots glabrous. Petiole 10–20 mm, glabrous; leaf blade subleathery, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 11–16 × 3–5.4 cm; base cuneate; apex acuminate; both surfaces glabrous; abaxial surface pale green; adaxial surface green; midrib slightly raised, lateral veins 14–18, inconspicuous. Inflorescence racemose, 7–11-flowered; rachis 20–25 mm, glabrous. Pedicel 2.7–3.4 cm, glandular; calyx discoid, minute, glandular; corolla described as broadly funnelform (illustrated as broadly campanulate), rose-pink, 4.8–6 cm, lobes 7, suborbicular, ca. 1.8 × 2 cm; stamens 12–15, 2.5–3.5 cm, filaments glabrous; ovary ovoid, thick, ca. 7 mm, densely glandular-hairy; style ca. 4.2 cm, sparsely glandular; stigma discoid, ca. 4 mm in diam. Capsule not known. Fl. Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 5.0
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Cultivation

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

Rhododendron jinchangense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:995624-1
WFO ID wfo-0001238653
COL ID 7973X
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Synonyms

Rhododendron jinchangense