Rhododendron yunnanense

Rhododendron yunnanense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Species:	R. yunnanense
Binomial name
Rhododendron yunnanense Franch.

Rhododendron yunnanense (云南杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to Myanmar and Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 2200–3600 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1–2 m in height, with leaves that are oblong, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or obovate, 2.5–7 by 0.8–3m in size. Flowers are white, pale red, or pale purple.

Synonyms

• Rhododendron aechmophyllum Balf. f. & Forrest
• Rhododendron bodinieri Franch.
• Rhododendron chartophyllum Franch.
• Rhododendron chartophyllum f. praecox Diels
• Rhododendron hormophorum Balf. f. & Forrest
• Rhododendron pleistanthum Balf. f. ex Hutch.
• Rhododendron seguinii H. Lév.
• Rhododendron shaanxiense W.P. Fang & Z.J. Zhao
• Rhododendron suberosum Balf. f. & Forrest

References

• "Rhododendron yunnanense", Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 232. 1886.
• The Plant List
• Flora of China
• Hirsutum.com