钟花杜鹃亚组 zhong hua du juan ya zu

Hu Linzhen (胡琳贞 Hu Ling-cheng); David F. Chamberlain

Rhododendron ser. Campanulata Tagg in J. B. Stevenson, Sp. Rhodod. 175. 1930 ["Campanulatum"].

Shrubs or small trees; young shoots hairy or glabrous. Leaf blade leathery, broadly elliptic to elliptic; abaxial surface with felt or granular indumentum; adaxial surface glabrous when mature. Inflorescence terminal, lax, 5–12-flowered, rachis 1–2.5 cm. Calyx minute, 5-lobed; corolla broadly campanulate, 5-lobed, whitish, pale rose or lilac-purple; stamens 10; ovary glabrous. Capsule cylindric, slightly curved.

Three species: Bhutan, China, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim; three species (one endemic) in China.

Lower Taxa

• Rhododendron campanulatum D. Don
• Rhododendron gannanense Z. C. Feng & X. G. Sun
• Rhododendron wallichii J. D. Hooker