Filed As:
Ericaceae
Rhododendron microphyton Franch.
Ericaceae
Rhododendron microphyton Franch.
Location:
Myanmar. Ngawchang Valley near Kang-fang. Alt. 1524 - 1829 m. (5000 - 6001 ft.)
Myanmar. Ngawchang Valley near Kang-fang. Alt. 1524 - 1829 m. (5000 - 6001 ft.)
Description:
A shrub or small tree with several stems much branched bushy habit. Shoots, petioles, midrib and margin of leaf, peduncle, calyx and ovary bristly hairy, with golden bristles. Truss about 6 flowered, compact. Flowers pale pink with darker spots on the upper lobe. Corolla glabrous. Anthers pink, filaments slightly pubescent at the base; styles glabrous. Seeds straw yellow, fusiform, finely striated, no wing or tail. Stamens 5. Leaves narrow oval acute approximate at the ends of the branches. A very free flowering shrub, must be a gay sight in early spring. A few flowers opening now.
A shrub or small tree with several stems much branched bushy habit. Shoots, petioles, midrib and margin of leaf, peduncle, calyx and ovary bristly hairy, with golden bristles. Truss about 6 flowered, compact. Flowers pale pink with darker spots on the upper lobe. Corolla glabrous. Anthers pink, filaments slightly pubescent at the base; styles glabrous. Seeds straw yellow, fusiform, finely striated, no wing or tail. Stamens 5. Leaves narrow oval acute approximate at the ends of the branches. A very free flowering shrub, must be a gay sight in early spring. A few flowers opening now.
Habitat:
On pine-oak wooded slopes (stunted) in evergreen forest in the gullies. Common.
On pine-oak wooded slopes (stunted) in evergreen forest in the gullies. Common.
Other:
Collection Notes: Vernay-Cutting Expedition to North Burma.
Collection Notes: Vernay-Cutting Expedition to North Burma.
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 02651504
GUID: 3ad61e45-78aa-4bc7-bbd4-8d0abe0f598e
NY Barcode: 02651504
GUID: 3ad61e45-78aa-4bc7-bbd4-8d0abe0f598e
Map:
Georeferencing Method: Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012 (Coordinates of elevation 1676m nearest to centre of Kang-fang were located. Linear extent was calculated as the halved distance between coordinates and centre of nearest named place, Pawahku. Linear extent was used as the uncertainty radius.)
Coordinate Uncertainty(m): 4910
Geodetic Datum: WGS84
Coordinates: (26.1368, 98.5824)
Georeferencing Method: Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012 (Coordinates of elevation 1676m nearest to centre of Kang-fang were located. Linear extent was calculated as the halved distance between coordinates and centre of nearest named place, Pawahku. Linear extent was used as the uncertainty radius.)
Coordinate Uncertainty(m): 4910
Geodetic Datum: WGS84
Coordinates: (26.1368, 98.5824)