Rhododendron selense

Rhododendron selense
Rhododendron selense ssp. jucundum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. selense
Binomial name
Rhododendron selense
Franch.

Rhododendron selense (多变杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to southwestern Sichuan, eastern Xizang, and western Yunnan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 2700–4000 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1–2 m in height, with leaves that are oblong-elliptic or obovate to elliptic, 4–8 by 2–4 cm in size. Flowers are pink.

Synonyms

  • Rhododendron axium Balf.f. & Forrest
  • Rhododendron chalarocladum Balf.f. & Forrest
  • Rhododendron metrium Forrest
  • Rhododendron nanothamnum Balf.f. & Forrest
  • Rhododendron pagophyllum Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward
  • Rhododendron probum Balf.f. & Forrest

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