Category: Rhododendron

Rhododendron virgatum Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 26(A) 1851. (syn: Rhododendron oleifolium Franch.; Rhododendron virgatum var. glabriflorum K.M. Feng ex R.C. Fang; Rhododendron virgatum var. oleifolium Demoly; Rhododendron virgatum subsp. oleifolium (Franch.) Cullen);      Id for Rhododendron sp poss R.virgatum ?, Lama Camp, Eaglenest, Arunanchal Pradesh: I think this Rhododendron is […]

Rhododendron campanulatum D. Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 410 1821. (syn: Azalea campanulata (D.Don) Kuntze; Rhododendron batemanii Hook.f.; Rhododendron edgarii Gamble; Rhododendron heftii Davidian; Rhododendron mutabile Webb ex Royle; Rhododendron nobile Wall.; Rhododendron planifolium Nutt.; Rhododendron wallichii Hook.f.) as per POWO; .  Shrub with leaves brownish hairy beneath and white flowers spotted with purple inside; When fully flourishing extensively branched plants […]

Rhododendron griffithianum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: 6, pl. 1203 6 1848. (Syn: Azalea griffithiana (Wight) Kuntze; Rhododendron aucklandii Hook. f.; Rhododendron griffithianum var. aucklandii (Hook. f.) Hook.; Rhododendron oblongum Griff.);  S-Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Darjeeling, E-Nepal, N-India as per Catalogue of Life;     Re: White rhododendron : 4 posts by 2 authors. This is […]

Rhododendron sinogrande Balf. f. & W.W. Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9(44-45): 274-278 274 1916. (Syn: Rhododendron sinogrande var. boreale Tagg & Forrest);   As per efi thread In R. sinogrande—- a. Trees up to 5-10 m high b. abaxial lamina with silvery white to grey indumentum, not brown (but in R. lanatum, silvery-white […]

Rhododendron ×pulchrum Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: , pl. 117 1831. (Syn: (=) Azalea indica var. calycina Lindl.; =) Rhododendron indicum var. phoeniceum Sweet; (=) Rhododendron maxwellii Millais; (=) Rhododendron omurasaki Makino; (=) Rhododendron phoeniceum (Sweet) G. Don; (=) Rhododendron phoeniceum var. calycinum (Lindl.) E. H. Wilson; (=) Rhododendron ×pulchrum var. calycinum (Lindl.) Rehder; (=) Rhododendron ×pulchrum […]

Rhododendron lepidotum Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 845 845 1834. (Syn: Azalea lepidota (Wall.) Kuntze; Rhododendron elaeagnoides Hook.fil.; Rhododendron lepidotum var. album H.H.Davidian; Rhododendron lepidotum var. eleagnoides Franch.; Rhododendron lepidotum var. minutiforme H.H.Davidian; Rhododendron lepidotum subsp. obovatum (Hook.fil.) U.C.Pradhan & S.T.Lachungpa; Rhododendron lepidotum subsp. salignum (Hook.fil.) U.C.Pradhan & S.T.Lachungpa; Rhododendron obovatum Hook.fil.; Rhododendron […]

Rhododendron wightii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 27 1851. ; Common name: Wight’s Rhododendron   S-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Assam, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; Shrub 2-5m; branchlets glabrous or puberulous. Leaves broadly elliptic or obovate, 9-15×4-6cm, rounded or acute, base rounded or somewhat cuneate, densely appressed reddish brown tomentose beneath with compound hairs; […]

  18 th Jan. 2010 / 10.00 am.–  Hakgala Botanical Garden,Sri Lanka. About 5000-6000ft. above sea-level .. a garden azalea, probably a Southern India cultivar. ..; Kyangnosla Alpine Sanctuary in Sikkim; Request for ID – 190410SC3 – efloraofindia | Google Groups High Altitude Shrub – efloraofindia | Google Groups     Langur on Rhododendron (Burans): […]

Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 5: t. 128 1831. (Syn: Azalea burgeri Miq.; Azalea calycina Lem.; Azalea crispiflora Hook.; Azalea danielsiana Paxton; Azalea decumbens (D.Don ex G.Don) DC.; Azalea indica L.; Azalea macrantha Bunge; Azalea obtusa Lindl.; Enkianthus biflorus Lour.; Rhododendron breynii Planch.; Rhododendron danielsianum Planch.; Rhododendron decumbens D. Don ex G. Don; Rhododendron […]

Rhododendron hodgsonii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 2: , pl. 15 1851. ;   Hodgson’s Rhododendron;   RE: Rhododendrons : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 1 author. I am Nepal and I would like to share some photos of Rhododendrons from Nepal’s Himalayas. …………………….  Medicinal values: …, R. Hodgsonii and ….  flowers Used in Nepali hilli […]

Rhododendron fulgens Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: 27, pl. 24 27 1851.;      rhododendron arboreum: rhododendron arboreum, from ericaceae family rhimbhik phata, singalila national park in full bloom on mist covered slopes second week of april this year I think all belong to Rhododendron fulgens, never R. arboreum beautiful flowers. We have seen […]

Rhododendron cinnabarinum Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 1: , pl. 8 1849. (syn: Azalea roylei (Hook.fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron basfordii H.H.Davidian; Rhododendron blandfordiiflorum Hook.; Rhododendron cinnabarinum var. breviforme H.H.Davidian; Rhododendron cinnabarinum var. roylei (J.D.Hook.) Hutchinson; Rhododendron roylei Hook.fil.; Rhododendron thibaudiense hort. ex Dombr.); Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Chumbi, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life;   […]

Rhododendron arboreum Sm. subsp. nilagiricum (Zenker) Tagg, J. B. Stevenson, Sp. Rhodod. 15. 1930 (syn. (≡) Rhododendron arboreum var. nilagiricum (Zenker) C. B. Clarke; (≡) Rhododendron nilagiricum Zenker (basionym));   roh-do-DEN-dron — rose tree, referring to flower colorar-BOR-ee-um — tree-like¿ nil-uh-gi-REE-cum ? — of or from Nilgiri Hills (TamilNadu, India) commonly known as: Nilgiri rhododendron • […]

Rhododendron arboreum Sm., Exot. Bot. 1: 9, pl. 6 9 1805.; . Tree Rhododendron • Hindi: बुरांस Burans, लाल बुरांश Lal buransh • Tamil: பிலி Billi • Malayalam: Kattupoo varasu • Kannada: Pu • Nepali: लाली गुराँस Lali gurans; . Evergreen tree up to 12 m tall, leaves leathery, up to 15 cm long, lanceolate […]

Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 409-410 409 1821. (Syn: Rhododendron anthopogon var. album Davidian; Rhododendron anthopogon var. haemonium (Balfour fil. & Cooper) Cowan & Davidian; Rhododendron haemonium I.B.Balf & Cooper) as per Catalogue of life; . S-Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim, Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin) as per Catalogue of life; . S-Tibet, SE-Tibet, […]