Rhododendron alutaceum

Rhododendron alutaceum is a species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family.[1] It is native to Tibet and southwestern China (western Sichuan, southeastern Xizang, and northwestern Yunnan), where it grows at altitudes of 3200–4300 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1.5–4 m in height, with thick, leatherly leaves that are oblong and broadly lanceolate to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 5–14 by 1.5–3.5 cm in size. Flowers are white to pink, with crimson spots and purplish-red basal blotch.

Rhododendron alutaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Rhododendron
Species:
R. alutaceum
Binomial name
Rhododendron alutaceum
Synonyms[1]

Rhododendron alutaceum var. alutaceum
Rhododendron globigerum Balf.f. & Forrest
Rhododendron roxieanum var. globigerum (Balf. f. & Forrest) D.F. Chamb.

Variants
  • R. alutaceum var. alutaceum
  • R. alutaceum var. iodes (Balf. f. & Forrest) D.F. Chamb.
  • R. alutaceum var. russotinctum (Balf. f. & Forrest) D.F. Chamb.

References
  1. "Rhododendron alutaceum Balf.f. & W.W.Sm". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

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