Rhododendron nymphaeoides W.K.Hu

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Small trees; shoots ca. 3.3 mm in diam. below inflorescence; young shoots glabrous. Petiole 27–33 mm, glabrous; leaf blade leathery, ovate to widely elliptic, 4.7–6.3 × 3–3.8 cm; base auriculate to cordate; apex obtuse, apiculate; abaxial surface glaucous; adaxial surface green, glabrous; midrib prominent abaxially, grooved adaxially, lateral veins 7-paired and slightly raised, flat abaxially. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 3–5-flowered; rachis 20–25 mm, glabrous. Pedicel 3–3.7 cm, sparsely glandular-hairy; calyx 1–1.6 mm, red glandular-hairy outside, margin undulate, ciliate; corolla campanulate, pink, ca. 4.5 cm, glabrous; lobes 7, suborbicular, ca. 1.5 × 2.3 cm, emarginate; stamens 14, 1.5–2.7 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary conoid, ca. 5 × 3.5 mm, densely red glandular-hairy; style ca. 2.8 cm, similarly glandular to tip; stigma capitate, 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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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron nymphaeoides world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:935142-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229336
COL ID 4SGGW
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Synonyms

Rhododendron nymphaeoides