Rhododendron hunnewellianum

Rhododendron hunnewellianum (岷江杜鹃), named in honor of H. H. Hunnewell and Walter Hunnewell, is a rhododendron species native to southern Gansu and central and northern Sichuan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 1200–2400 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 2–5 m in height, with leathery leaves that are narrowly lanceolate or narrowly oblanceolate, 7–13 by 1.5–2.8 cm in size. Flowers are pink with darker pink spots.

Rhododendron hunnewellianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Rhododendron
Species:
R. hunnewellianum
Binomial name
Rhododendron hunnewellianum
Rehder & E.H. Wilson

Synonyms
  • None recorded.

References


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