Rhododendron eudoxum

Rhododendron eudoxum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. eudoxum
Binomial name
Rhododendron eudoxum
Balf. f. & Forrest

Rhododendron eudoxum (华丽杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to the bamboo forests of southeast Xizang and northwest Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 3300–4300 meters. It is a dwarf shrub that typically grows to 0.3–1.2 m in height, with leathery leaves that are long-elliptic to oblong-obovate in shape, and 2.3–3 × 0.8–1.4 cm in size. Flowers are red.

Synonyms

  • Rhododendron eudoxum subsp. eudoxum
  • Rhododendron eudoxum var. eudoxum
  • Rhododendron eudoxum subsp. trichomiscum (Balf. f. & Forrest) Tagg
  • Rhododendron fulvastrum subsp. trichomiscum (Balf. f. & Forrest) Cowan
  • Rhododendron fulvastrum subsp. trichophlebium (Balf. f. & Forrest) Cowan
  • Rhododendron temenium subsp. albipetalum Cowan
  • Rhododendron temenium subsp. rhodanthum Cowan
  • Rhododendron trichomiscum Balf. f. & Forrest
  • Rhododendron trichophlebium Balf. f. & Forrest

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