Rhododendron anthosphaerum Diels

ISOTYPE

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

Project:Mellon

Specimen

Herbier

MNHN-P-P00710664

Sector

ASI (Asia)

Collection

Ex Herb. Hort. Bot. Reg. Edin.

Taxonomy

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Rhododendron

Species

Rhododendron anthosphaerum

Name

Rhododendron anthosphaerum Diels

Origin

Country label

Chine

Country ISO (code)

China (cn)

Verbatim locality

N.W. Yunnan, on the ascent of the Sung-Kwei pass from the Lang-Kong valley

Phenology

Collector's name

G. Forrest

Collector's number

2042

Collection date

1906-4

Altitude

10000 -11000

Maximum altitude (meters)

11000

Description

Shrub or tree of 20 to 30 ft. Flowers bright rose-magenta with a few markings of black-crimson.

Ecological note

Open situations in pine forests

Determination