Family: Ericaceae
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Rhododendron moulmainense Hook.
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Name Det. qual. Type of det. Det. based on specimen Det. by and when Institution
Rhododendron moulmainense Hook.affDet.E01511024 March 2024Edinburgh,Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
Collector/Expedition: Hanoi, Logan, Kew, Glasgow, & Cambridge Exped to Vietnam (2016),
Collection number: 356
Collection date: 23rd October 2016
Country/Territory: Vietnam:Lào Cai
Collecting locality: Treck up Y Ty Mnt from Nhiu Co San Village past camps 1 & 2 to summit returning via camps to Nhiu Co San Village
Latitude: 22°36'37''N, Longitude: 103°37'29''E
Habitat: Mixed deciduous & evergreen forest underplanted with Cardamon crop. Very damp environment.: Cardamon underplanting in mixed forest eventually gives way to Rhododendron forest then summit vegetation of Lyonia, Magnolia & Stransvaesia.
Description: Multi-stemmed shrub >1m. Lvs lancelate 7x2cm with heavily pubescent underside of leaf. Seed pods curved in trminal clusters sim. To bananas. Growing epiphytically on rock face.
Kind of specimen: DATA ISSUE
Barcode: E01511024
Herbarium region: 6B (Indo-China)
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