Herbarium catalogue
OCR text
Num 26665
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH Rhododendron mekongense Franchet
E00319481
| Det from duplicate by Rhui-Cheng Fang
HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Plants of the Gaoligong Shan Region, Yunnan, China
Ericaceae
Rhododendron
Fugong Xian, Lishadi Xiang. Yaduo Cun, side valley
running to the N ca. 10 km above Shibali on the road to
the Myanmar border, E side of Gaoligong Shan.
Elev. 3300 m 21> 12? 30" N; 98943? 21" 8
SW facing 0-10° slope.
Thicket. Undisturbed.
Open valley with bamboo and Rhododendron thicket and
areas of herbaceous vegetation.
Shrub ca. 1 m tall. Corolla yellow. Fruit greenish
brown. Rare.
Growing along stream among boulders and herbaceous
vegetation.
In loam on granite.
Gaoligong Shan Biodiversity Survey 26665, 8 August 2005
Participants: Li Heng, Dao Zhiling, Ji Yunheng, Liu Benxi
& Tang Anjun (KUN); B. Bartholomew & Lihua Zhou (CAS);
Jin-Hyub Paik & S. A. Crutchley (E)
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