Family: Ericaceae
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Rhododendron excellens Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson
Collector/Expedition: Hanoi, Logan, Kew, Glasgow, & Cambridge Exped to Vietnam (2016),
Collection number: 300
Collection date: 25th 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°37'29''N, Longitude: 103°37'28''E
Habitat: Very wet, mixed evergreen & deciduous woodland mainly in full sun. Species include Polyspora, Schima, Rhododendron & Acers.: Open, wet mixed woodland at low altitude.
Description: Evergreen shrub >3m. Leaves dark green, bullate, dark above, paler below. Enormous fruiting capsules held erect terminally.
Kind of specimen: DATA ISSUE
Barcode: E01511017
Herbarium region: 6B (Indo-China)
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