R. tenuifolium





subgenus Rhododendron
section Rhododendron
subsection Cinnabarina

 
Main features of the subsection :

Shrubs, to 7m ; young shoots scaly. Leaves evergreen or partly deciduous, scales on lower surface dense but not touching, small, broadly or narrowly winged. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, 2-5-flowered. Calyx inconspicuous.
Corolla fleshy, tubular to campanulate ; stamens 10, declinate ; ovary impressed below the declinate style. Seeds unwinged and obscurely finned.
 

Rhododendron cinnabarinum ssp. cinnabarinum var. cinnabarinum
Rhododendron cinnabarinum ssp. cinnabarinum var. breviforme
Rhododendron cinnabarinum ssp. tamaense
Rhododendron cinnabarinum ssp. xanthocodon
Rhododendron keysii
Rhododendron lateriflorum
Rhododendron tenuifolium



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