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Rhododendron luteum Sweet
Collector/Expedition: Russian Caucasus Expedition (RBGE, Kew, Howick Arboretum - 2013),
Collection number: 77A
Collection date: 1st September 2013
Country/Territory: Russia
Collecting locality: Russian Federation:N. Caucasus:Karachaj-Circassian Republic:about 500m upstream from Honey Waterfall on Alikonovka river, Bermamyt Plateau
Latitude: 43°52'52''N, Longitude: 42°34'51''E
Habitat: full sun on a dry rocky steep north east facing mountainside of open mixed shrub; Vegetation: Rododendron luteum, Euonymus europaeus, Cotoneaster racemiflorus, Corylus avellana. Mallus orientalis, Amelanchier ovalis, Spiraea crenata, Rosa canina
Description: deciduous shrub to 1m x 2m with widely elliptic leaf to 7.5 x 2.5cm brown/green above and light green below margin serrate, fruit a brown cylindrical capsule to 1.3cm x 0.5cm
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00710610
Herbarium region: 1 (Europe excl. Britain and Ireland)
Number of sheets: 1
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