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Rhododendron thomsonii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 2: , pl. 12 1851. (syn: Azalea thomsonii (Hook.fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron candelabrum Hook.fil.; Rhododendron thomsonii subsp. candelabrum (Hook.fil.)
D.F.Chamberlain); S-Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, N-India, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin) as per Catalogue of Life;
Common name: Thomson’s Rhododendron
Rhododendron thomsonii (半圆叶杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northern India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, and southern Xizang in China, where it grows at altitudes of 3000–4000 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 2–4 m in height, with leathery leaves that are oblong-elliptic to ovate or orbicular to obovate, 3–7 by 2–6 cm in size. Flowers are red.
(From Wikipedia on 2.6.13)
Rhododendron thomsonii : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Rhododendron thomsonii
At Yumthang valley,Sikkim 21may,2013 Rhododendrons are real beauties of Himalaya but most of them are restricted to Central and Eastern Himalaya as with this species.
Ericaceae (inc. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight : Rhododendron arboreum Sm. from Arunachal Pradesh, India: SCAPR-05 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Sharing the pictures of Rhododendron arboreum Sm.Date: April, 2006 Place: Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh, Thank you … again for your nice photo of Threatened Rhododendron thomsonii J. D. Hooker, Rhododendr. Sikkim-Himalaya. 2: t. 12. 1851 [“thomsoni”].
This is Rhododendron thomsonii—not arboreum (leaf shape is different and not accompanied silvery-white/white scales abaxially; here abaxiall leaf scales are totally different! besides, corolla tube is more tubular or prolonged to arboreum)
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