Biology:Rhododendron cuneatum

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Rhododendron cuneatum
Rhododendron cuneatum - Lyman Plant House, Smith College - DSC04425.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species:
R. cuneatum
Binomial name
Rhododendron cuneatum
W.W.Sm.
Synonyms
  • Rhododendron calcicolum
  • Rhododendron cheilanthum
  • Rhododendron cinereum
  • Rhododendron habaense
  • Rhododendron ravum
  • Rhododendron sclerocladum

Rhododendron cuneatum (楔叶杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northern and western Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan in China , where it grows at altitudes of 2,700–4,300 m (8,900–14,100 ft). It is an erect evergreen shrub that grows 4–6 ft (1.2–1.8 m) in height, with leaves that are narrowly to broadly elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 1–7 × 0.5–2.8 cm in size. The flowers are usually a deep rose colour.[1]

References

  • W. W. Smith 1914. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8(38): 200-201

Wikidata ☰ Q11119676 entry