Rhododendron taishunense B.Y.Ding & Y.Y.Fang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 2–5 m tall; branches cylindric, setose above. Petiole 2–5 mm, densely setose; leaf blade elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 3.5–9 × 1.2–3.2 cm; base cordate; margin slightly revolute, acerose-serrate or acerose-hairy; apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate; both surfaces glabrous; midrib prominent abaxially, impressed and setose adaxially; lateral veins 9–12 pairs, abaxially obscure. Inflorescence subapical, 1-flowered. Pedicel 0.8–1.5 cm, glabrous; calyx shallowly lobed, ca. 2 mm; corolla funnelform, pale rose, 3.2–4 cm; lobes obtuse, oblong, 2–2.5 cm, glabrous; stamens 10, unequal, 1.5–3 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary cylindric, ca. 6 mm, glabrous; style slightly exserted, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, 40–45 × ca. 4 mm. Fl. Apr, fr. Sep–Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 5.0
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron taishunense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:931839-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229731
COL ID 4SGYC
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Synonyms

Rhododendron taishunense