Biology:Rhododendron bureavii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Species: | R. bureavii
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Rhododendron bureavii, the Bureau rhododendron[2] (Chinese: 锈红杜鹃; pinyin: xiùhóng dùjuān),[3] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to western Sichuan and northern Yunnan, China, where it lives at altitudes of 2,800–4,500 m (9,200–14,800 ft).[3]
Growing to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) tall and broad, it is an evergreen shrub. The leathery leaves are elliptic to obovate-oblong, 6–14 by 2.5–5 cm in size. New leaf growth is covered in a fuzzy brown indumentum that remains on the underside of the mature leaves. In mid-spring, the Bureau rhododendron produces trusses of bell-shaped flowers. The flowers are pink in bud, fading to white when open, with purple spots on the interior.[4]
In cultivation in the UK, Rhododendron bureavii has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[2][5] Like most rhododendrons it prefers an acid soil and dappled sunshine. It is hardy down to −20 °C (−4 °F).
The indumentum on the underside of the leaves
In cultivation
References
- ↑ "Rhododendron bureavii", Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 34: 281. 1887.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "RHS Plantfinder - Rhododendron bureavii". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/14990/Rhododendron-bureavii/Details. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Linzhen, Hu; Chamberlain, David F., "Rhododendron bureavii", Flora of China, 14, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242343597, retrieved 7 October 2018
- ↑ Brickell, Christopher, ed (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 890. ISBN 9781405332965.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 85. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q3205676 entry
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