R. megalanthum





subgenus Hymenanthes
section Ponticum
subsection Thomsonia

 
Main features of the subsection :

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves orbiculare to elliptic, lower surface glabrous at maturity, sometimes with fasciculate hairs overlying the veins, or covered with a thin dendroid indumentum. Inflorescence lax or dense, 1-15-flowered. Calyx usually well-developed and cupular, to 15mm. Corolla 5-lobed, white or cream to deep blackish-crimson, funnel- to tubular-campanulate, with nectar pouches. Stamens 10. Ovary glabrous, tomentose and/or stalked-glandular, style glabrous or glandular to tip.
 

Rhododendron bonvalotii
Rhododendron candelabrum
Rhododendron cerasinum
Rhododendron cyanocarpum
Rhododendron eclecteum var. bellatulum
Rhododendron eclecteum var. eclectum
Rhododendron eurysiphon
Rhododendron faucium
Rhododendron hookeri
Rhododendron hylaeum
Rhododendron meddianum var. atrokermesinum
Rhododendron meddianum var. meddianum
Rhododendron megalanthum
Rhododendron populare
Rhododendron ramipilosum
Rhododendron sherriffii
Rhododendron stewartianum
Rhododendron subansiriense
Rhododendron thomsonii ssp. lopsangianum
Rhododendron thomsonii ssp. thomsonii
Rhododendron viscidifolium



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