Herbarium catalogue

Recorded for Flora of Nepal by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh www.floraofnepal.org Il ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH WLW I E00246936 HERB. HORT. EDINB. Flora of Nepal Rhododendron arboreum Sm. subsp. cinnamomeum (Wall. ex G.Don) Lindl. Ericaceae Eastern Development Region: Sagarmatha: Solu Knumbu: Tengboche to Phunki Tenga Latitude: 27° 50'7"N Longitude: 86° 45' 34" E Altitude: 3740 m South-west facing slope Shrub to 7m; bark grey, flaky; leaf buds yellow green; leaves leathery, dark green above, cinnamon brown tomentose below, fruit infrequent at higher elevations, more productive lower down the trail Abies spectabilis and Rhododendron arboreum forest, degraded Collector No. DNEP3 AY176 Collection Date: 26 September 2005 Third Darwin Nepal Fieldwork Training Expedition M.F.Watson, K.R.Rajbhandari, K.K.Shrestha, D.Knott, C.A.Pendry, S.K.Acharya, U.Koirala, L.N.Mandar, N.McCheyne, R.C.Poudel S.Rajbhandary, S.Vaidya. : Building Capacity for Plant Biodiversity, Inventory and WW Conservation in Nepal. Darwin Initiative Project (162/12/030) ae i INITIATIVE copyright reserved