Rhododendron pilostylum W.K.Hu

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Trees; shoots ca. 3.5 mm in diam. below inflorescence; young shoots sparsely glandular. Petiole cylindric, 10–12 mm, pubescent and glandular; leaf blade subleathery, oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate, 8.5–8.8 × 2.5–3.2 cm; base cuneate or rounded; margin revolute; apex acuminate, caudate; abaxial surface pale green, glabrescent, with sparse red verruculose spots, midrib tomentose near base; adaxial surface green, glabrous; midrib raised abaxially, narrow and grooved adaxially; lateral veins ca. 15-paired. Inflorescence 4-or 5-flowered; rachis ca. 6 mm, pubescent. Pedicel 1–1.5 cm, densely brown-pubescent and shortly glandular-hairy; calyx lobes 5, ca. 2 mm; outer surface pubescent; corolla funnelform, ca. 4.2 cm, with 5 basal nectar pouches; lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1.5 cm; stamens 10, unequal, 2–3.3 cm, filaments red, glabrous; ovary elliptic, narrow, ca. 7 × 3 mm, densely woolly-tomentose; style red, densely glandular-hairy above, brown-woolly-tomentose below; stigma small. Capsule not known. Fl. Mar.
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 pilostylum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:935139-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229392
COL ID 4SGL2
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Synonyms

Rhododendron pilostylum