Rhododendron araiophyllum

Rhododendron araiophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Species:	R. araiophyllum
Binomial name
Rhododendron araiophyllum Balf. f. & W.W. Sm.

Rhododendron araiophyllum (窄叶杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northeast Myanmar and northeastern and western Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 1900–3400 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1–4 m in height, with leatherly leaves that are elliptic-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 5–11 by 1.3–3 cm in size. Flowers are predominantly white.

Synonyms

• None recorded.

References

• "Rhododendron araiophyllum", I. B. Balfour & W. W. Smith, Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh. 27: 184. 1917..
• The Plant List
• Flora of China
• Hirsutum.com