Rhododendron laetum

Rhododendron laetum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. laetum
Binomial name
Rhododendron laetum
J. J. Sm.

Rhododendron laetum is a rhododendron species native to the Anggi Lakes area of the Arfak Mountains in Indonesia and western New Guinea, where it grows at forest edges, in open marsh, and in swamps at the edge of lakes. It is a shrub that grows to 3 m in height, with leaves that are broadly elliptic or sub-ovate-elliptic, 40–95 × 25–53 mm in size. Flowers are deep yellow, flushing with red or orange as they age.

Synonyms

  • Rhododendron uliginosum

References

  • "R. uliginosum", J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 1914. 12: 136, t.33.
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  • "Rhododendron laetum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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  • "Rhododendron laetum - Collection and Distribution", Brian Clancy, The Rhododendron, Journal of the Australian Rhododendron Society, Volume 30, Spring 1990.


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