Rhododendron bullifolium Sleumer

HOLOTYPE

Credit:MNHN - Paris, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, MJ - 2009

Project:Mellon

Specimen

Herbier

MNHN-P-P00710714

Sector

ASI (Asia)

Collection

Herb. Mugd. Batav.

Taxonomy

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Rhododendron

Species

Rhododendron bullifolium

Name

Rhododendron bullifolium Sleumer

Origin

Country label

New Guinea

Country ISO (code)

Indonesia (id)

Verbatim locality

Netherl.New Guinea, Vogelkop Peninsula, Arfak Mts, Mt. Saru-mot, near Iray, Anggi Gigi Lake

Phenology

Collector's name

H. Sleumer

With

W.Vink

Collector's number

4444

Collection date

1962-1-26

Altitude

2050 -2100

Maximum altitude (meters)

2100

Description

Shrub, 3-4 m, or treelet with trunk (5 cm diam.) up to 6 m. Leaves dark green above, paler beneath, deeply bullate. No flowers. Immature fruit and several mature fruit collected, also wood sample.

Ecological note

In rather wet Nothofagus forest, just at the transition to Castanopsis forest, on path from native gardens to the summit.

Determination