Rhododendron cuneatum

Rhododendron cuneatum (楔叶杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northern and western Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 2,700–4,300 m (8,900–14,100 ft). It is an erect evergreen shrub that grows 4–6 ft (1.2–1.8 m) in height, with leaves that are narrowly to broadly elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 1–7 × 0.5–2.8 cm in size. The flowers are usually a deep rose colour.[1]

Rhododendron cuneatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species:
R. cuneatum
Binomial name
Rhododendron cuneatum
Synonyms
  • Rhododendron calcicolum
  • Rhododendron cheilanthum
  • Rhododendron cinereum
  • Rhododendron habaense
  • Rhododendron ravum
  • Rhododendron sclerocladum

References
  1. "Rhododendron cuneatum". Trees and Shrubs Online. International Dendrology Society. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  • W. W. Smith 1914. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8(38): 200-201


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