R. longistylum ssp. decumbens





subgenus Rhododendron
section Rhododendron
subsection Tephropepla

 
Main features of the subsection :

Small to moderately sized shrubs ; young shoots scaly. Leaves evergreen, lower surface papillose, scales broad-rimmed, sometimes sunk in pits, uniform or of two kinds. Inflorescence usually terminal, occasionnally axillary. Calyx conspicuous. Corolla campanulate or funnel-campanulate ; stamens 10, declinate ; ovary tapering into the declinate style or ovary impressed below the style. Seeds unwinged, with obscure fins.
 

Rhododendron auritum
Rhododendron hanceanum
Rhododendron longistylum ssp. decumbens
Rhododendron longistylum ssp. longistylum
Rhododendron tephropeplum
Rhododendron tsinlingense
Rhododendron xanthostephanum



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