Biology:Rhododendron alutaceum

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Short description: Species of plant

Rhododendron alutaceum
Rhododendron alutaceum var. russotinctum - University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden - DSC07561.JPG
R. alutaceum var. russotinctum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species:
R. alutaceum
Binomial name
Rhododendron alutaceum
Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.
Synonyms[1]

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

Rhododendron alutaceum is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae.[1] It is native to Tibet and southwestern China (western Sichuan, southeastern Xizang, and northwestern Yunnan), where it grows at altitudes of 3,200–4,300 m (10,500–14,100 ft). This evergreen shrub that grows to 1.5–4 m (4.9–13.1 ft) in height, with thick, leathery leaves that are oblong and broadly lanceolate to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 5–14 by 1.5–3.5 cm in size. The flowers are white to pink, with crimson spots and purplish-red basal blotch.

Varieties

  • 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

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q1276453 entry