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Rhododendron tephropeploides R.A.Baines & D.F.Chamb.
| Name | Det. qual. | Type of det. | Det. based on specimen | Det. by and when | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhododendron tephropeploides R.A.Baines & D.F.Chamb. | Det. | E01045109 | Edinburgh,Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) |
Isotype of Rhododendron tephropeploides R.A.Baines & D.F.Chamb.
Country/Territory: United Kingdom
Garden collecting location: Z42 - Bottom Glasshouses and Frames - Logan
Verbatim garden collecting location: Z42:Logan: Bottom Glasshouses & Frames
Description: Shrub to 1.2 m tall; bark longitudinally peeling, mahogany. Leaves narrowly elliptic, subacute, apiculate, base cuneate, lamina (30–)50–60 × 20–25 mm, dark green above, lower surface grey, papillose; scales sunk in pits, dense, to twice their diameter apart, dimorphic, the smaller whitish, the larger rufous and scattered; petioles 50–90 mm, densely lepidote, otherwise glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, 3- to 6-flowered, rachis short. Calyx lobes 5-orbicular, c.1 mm long, scaly below. Corolla funnel-shaped, whitish to pale pink, 30–35 mm long, tube 15 mm long, glabrous on outer and inner surfaces. Filaments glabrous. Ovary lepidote; style impressed, lepidote at base. Capsule ovoid, c.7 × 2–3 mm, densely scaly.
Collection number: 71
Collection date: 23rd April 2019
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E01045109
Herbarium region: Cultivated (Cultivated)
Number of sheets: 1
This specimen is a voucher for RBGE accession: 20150482A
20150482
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