R. chrysodoron





subgenus Rhododendron
section Rhododendron
subsection Boothia

 
Main features of the subsection :

Free-growing or epiphytic shrubs ; young growth setose. Leaves evergreen, lower surface whitish-papillose, scales rimmed or vesicular, deeply sunk in pits. Inflorescence terminal, 1-many flowered. Calyx well-developed.
Corolla broadly campanulate ; stamens 10, regularly arranged, not declinate ; ovary tapering into the sharply deflexed style. Seeds prominently winged and finned.
 

Rhododendron boothii
Rhododendron chrysodoron
Rhododendron dekatanum
Rhododendron leptocarpum
Rhododendron leucaspis
Rhododendron megeratum
Rhododendron nanjianense
Rhododendron sulfureum



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