Rhododendron cuneatum
| Rhododendron cuneatum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Species: | R. cuneatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhododendron cuneatum W. W. Sm. | |
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Rhododendron cuneatum (楔叶杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northern and western Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 2700-4300 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 2 m in height, with leaves that are narrowly to broadly elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 1–7 × 0.5–2.8 cm in size. Flowers are deep purple to rose-lavender, rarely white, usually with darker marking.
Synonyms
- Rhododendron calcicolum
- Rhododendron cheilanthum
- Rhododendron cinereum
- Rhododendron habaense
- Rhododendron ravum
- Rhododendron sclerocladum
References
- W. W. Smith 1914. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8(38): 200-201
- The Plant List
- Flora of China
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Hirsutum.com
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