Vasilis Teodoridis:
Apiaceae | Rhododendron
1. Rhododendron subsect. Fortunea (Tagg) Sleumer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 546.1949
212. Rhododendron decorum Franchet; Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 230. 1886.
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Shrubs or small trees; 1–6 m tall; young shoots greenish; glabrous. Petiole 12–40 mm; glabrous; leaf blade thickly leathery; oblong; oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptic; 5–19(–30) x 3–11 cm; base cordate or cuneate to nearly rounded; apex obtuse; rounded; apiculate; both surfaces glabrous when mature; abaxial surface pale green; adaxial surface deep green; midrib prominent abaxially; grooved adaxially; lateral veins 18-paired. Inflorescence 8–10-flowered; rachis 20–25 mm; sparsely glandular. Pedicel stout; 2.5–4 cm; glandular-hairy; calyx lobes 5; 1.5–2.5 mm; glandular-hairy; corolla funnel-campanulate; fragrant; white to pale pink; 3–10 x 5–9 cm; outer surface sparsely glandular; inner surface puberulent at base; lobes 6–8; suborbicular; ca. 2 x 2.4 cm; emarginate or entire; stamens 13–16; unequal; 2–3 cm; filaments pubescent at base; ovary cylindric; ca. 6 mm; densely glandular-hairy; style 3.4–4 cm; with similar glands to tip; stigma 2–5(–6.5) mm in diam. Capsule oblong; usually slightly curved; 25–40 x 10–15 mm. Fl. Apr–Jun; fr. Sep–Oct.
Forests; thickets; 1000–3300 m. W Guizhou; SW Sichuan; SE Xizang; Yunnan [Myanmar].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Apiaceae | Rhododendron
1. Rhododendron subsect. Fortunea (Tagg) Sleumer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 546.1949
212. Rhododendron decorum Franchet; Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 230. 1886.
???? da bai du juan
Shrubs or small trees; 1–6 m tall; young shoots greenish; glabrous. Petiole 12–40 mm; glabrous; leaf blade thickly leathery; oblong; oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptic; 5–19(–30) x 3–11 cm; base cordate or cuneate to nearly rounded; apex obtuse; rounded; apiculate; both surfaces glabrous when mature; abaxial surface pale green; adaxial surface deep green; midrib prominent abaxially; grooved adaxially; lateral veins 18-paired. Inflorescence 8–10-flowered; rachis 20–25 mm; sparsely glandular. Pedicel stout; 2.5–4 cm; glandular-hairy; calyx lobes 5; 1.5–2.5 mm; glandular-hairy; corolla funnel-campanulate; fragrant; white to pale pink; 3–10 x 5–9 cm; outer surface sparsely glandular; inner surface puberulent at base; lobes 6–8; suborbicular; ca. 2 x 2.4 cm; emarginate or entire; stamens 13–16; unequal; 2–3 cm; filaments pubescent at base; ovary cylindric; ca. 6 mm; densely glandular-hairy; style 3.4–4 cm; with similar glands to tip; stigma 2–5(–6.5) mm in diam. Capsule oblong; usually slightly curved; 25–40 x 10–15 mm. Fl. Apr–Jun; fr. Sep–Oct.
Forests; thickets; 1000–3300 m. W Guizhou; SW Sichuan; SE Xizang; Yunnan [Myanmar].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Apiaceae | Rhododendron
1. Rhododendron subsect. Fortunea (Tagg) Sleumer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 546.1949
212. Rhododendron decorum Franchet; Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 230. 1886.
???? da bai du juan
Shrubs or small trees; 1–6 m tall; young shoots greenish; glabrous. Petiole 12–40 mm; glabrous; leaf blade thickly leathery; oblong; oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptic; 5–19(–30) x 3–11 cm; base cordate or cuneate to nearly rounded; apex obtuse; rounded; apiculate; both surfaces glabrous when mature; abaxial surface pale green; adaxial surface deep green; midrib prominent abaxially; grooved adaxially; lateral veins 18-paired. Inflorescence 8–10-flowered; rachis 20–25 mm; sparsely glandular. Pedicel stout; 2.5–4 cm; glandular-hairy; calyx lobes 5; 1.5–2.5 mm; glandular-hairy; corolla funnel-campanulate; fragrant; white to pale pink; 3–10 x 5–9 cm; outer surface sparsely glandular; inner surface puberulent at base; lobes 6–8; suborbicular; ca. 2 x 2.4 cm; emarginate or entire; stamens 13–16; unequal; 2–3 cm; filaments pubescent at base; ovary cylindric; ca. 6 mm; densely glandular-hairy; style 3.4–4 cm; with similar glands to tip; stigma 2–5(–6.5) mm in diam. Capsule oblong; usually slightly curved; 25–40 x 10–15 mm. Fl. Apr–Jun; fr. Sep–Oct.
Forests; thickets; 1000–3300 m. W Guizhou; SW Sichuan; SE Xizang; Yunnan [Myanmar].