Rhododendron longilobum L.M.Gao & D.Z.Li

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Small trees, 6–8 m; young branches gray, glabrous. Petiole 8–15 mm, grooved adaxially, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 7–10.5 × 1.8–2.5 cm; base cuneate; margin slightly revolute; apex long-acuminate; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 12–16-paired, prominent. Inflorescence subapical, umbellate, 4-or 5-flowered, rachis ca. 5 mm. Pedicel 2–2.5 cm, glabrous; calyx rim with tufts of long weak hairs; lobes narrowly triangular to narrowly lingulate, 5–20 × ca. 1 mm, sometimes minutely ciliate; corolla narrowly funnelform, pale rose, ca. 4.5 cm, tube ca. 10 mm, outer surface glabrous; lobes 3–3.5 × ca. 1 cm; stamens 10, shortly exserted, 3–3.5 cm, filaments puberulent in lower half; ovary narrowly cylindric, truncate at insertion of style, densely yellowish tomentose; style 3–3.5 cm, glabrous. Capsule not known. Fl. May.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron longilobum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70027926-1
WFO ID wfo-0001268808
COL ID 6X6DW
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Synonyms

Rhododendron longilobum