A new species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from Guizhou, China

By

Dai, Xiao-Yong
Yang, Cheng-Hua
Yang, Bin
Chen, Pu
Ma, Yong-Peng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

146

Pages

53--59

Subjects

China , Ericaceae , Guizhou , R. pudingense , Rhododendron , Tsutsusi

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.146.51342

 

Abstract

A new species of the Rhododendron (Ericaceae) in subgen. Tsutsusi sect. Tsutsusi from Puding county of Guizhou, China, is described and illustrated. The new species, R. pudingense X.Y. Dai, C.H. Yang & Y.P. Ma, is similar to R. myrsinifolium Ching ex Fang et M. Y. He and R. minutiflorum Hu, but it can be easily distinguished by its length and being pubescent on inner surface of corolla tube, sparse hairs below the middle of filament and the glabrous style.