Rhododendron eclecteum Balf.f. & Forrest

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Rhododendron eclecteum Balf.f. & Forrest

  • Collector(s)

    F. Kingdon-Ward 228, 19 Jan 1939

  • Location

    Myanmar. Nyetmo Pass, N. face.

  • Habitat

    Along the river bank, Abies forest. Common.

  • Description

    A good sized shrub. Leaves oblong- curled up. Flowers crimson or red. Bud scales sticky, and lepidote flowers quite glabrous. Anthers crimson. Flowers 5-6 in a truss. Leaves with fine pubescence on underside of leaf, pale (probably due to minute rods of wax). The leaves are variable in shape, from oblong to rounded. The flower bud is sharply pointed instead of rounded - unusual.

  • Collection Notes

    Vernay-Cutting Expedition to North Burma.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02651475

    Occurrence ID: c8ecc160-51d5-4f05-9f2c-e13a0ac67ab6

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Myanmar

  • Locality

    Nyetmo Pass, N. face.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2896 m. (9501 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    26.1833, 98.5

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    2018

  • Georeferencing Method

    BioGeomancer, Guide to Best Practices for Georefer. Coordinates of Nyetmaw [=Nyetmo] Pass located. Without clear extent or nearby pass, geographic radial roughly approximated as 2 km according to Near a Feature (Biogeomancer Guide). Final uncertainty found using the MaNIS Georef. Calc.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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