Rhododendron polyraphidoideum P.C.Tam

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, branchlets slender, coarsely strigose. Summer and winter leaves different. Petiole usually less than 2 mm, densely ferruginous strigose; leaf blade leathery, ovate or oblong-ovate, 1.2–2 × 0.7–1 cm; base cuneate at base; margin slightly revolute and undulate; apex acute; midrib prominent on both surfaces; lateral veins hidden on both surfaces. Inflorescence 2-or 3-flowered. Pedicel ca. 0.4 cm, densely strigose; calyx cup-shaped; lobes subovate to ovate-oblong, ca. 2 × 1.5 mm, outer surface and margin coarsely strigose, glabrous within; corolla shortly funnel-campanulate, 1.2–1.4 cm; tube cylindric, ca. 7 × 4 mm; lobes unequal, 0.5–0.75 × ca. 0.3 cm; stamens 5, unequal, 1.5–2 cm, filaments sparsely glandular-hairy near the base; ovary ovoid, ca. 3.5 mm, densely strigose; style 1.7–2 cm, longer than or ± as long as stamens, glabrous or hairy at base. Capsule conical subovoid, ca. 5 mm in diam., coarsely strigose.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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 polyraphidoideum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900787-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229809
COL ID 4SGLW
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Synonyms

Rhododendron polyraphidoideum Rhododendron polyraphidoideum var. polyraphidoideum