Rhododendron rex H.Lév.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Small trees, usually 5–7 m tall, branchlets stout, 10–15 mm in diam. below inflorescence; young shoots grayish tomentose, glabrescent. Petiole terete, 25–30 mm, densely grayish tomentose; leaf blade leathery, obovate-elliptic to elliptic, 17–27 × 4–13 cm; base cuneate; apex obtuse; abaxial surface with persistent, 2-layered indumentum, upper layer fawn to rufous, hairs cup-shaped, only slightly fimbriate, lower layer thin, appressed; adaxial surface green, glabrous, midrib prominent abaxially, grooved adaxially, lateral veins 20–24-paired, regular, prominent abaxially. Inflorescence 15–20(–30)-flowered; rachis 20–25 mm. Pedicel sparsely pale brown-tomentose; calyx teeth 8, 1–2 mm; corolla obliquely campanulate, creamy-white, pale yellow to pink, with a crimson basal blotch, ca. 5 cm, lobes 8, suborbicular, ca. 1.5 cm; stamens 16, 2–3.5 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary conoid, ca. 12 mm, pale brown tomentose; style ca. 4 cm, glabrous, stigma swollen. Capsule curved, 25–40 × 6–10 mm, densely tomentose. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 6.5 - 9.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, graftings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Rhododendron rex unspecified picture

Distribution

Rhododendron rex world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Rhododendron rex threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333220-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229360
COL ID 4SGQH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhododendron rex Rhododendron rex subsp. rex

Lower taxons

Rhododendron rex subsp. gratum Rhododendron rex subsp. fictolacteum