Rhododendron campylocarpum

Rhododendron campylocarpum is a rhododendron species. It is native to eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, southeastern Tibet, and southwestern China, where it grows at elevations of . It is a shrub that grows to in height, with leathery leaves that are suborbicular or ovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, long by wide. Its flowers are yellow. It is placed in section Ponticum.

Subspecies

, Plants of the World Online accepted two subspecies:

• Rhododendron campylocarpum subsp. caloxanthum <small>(Balf.f. & Farrer) D.F.Chamb.</small> – northwestern Yunnan and northern Myanmar
• Rhododendron campylocarpum subsp. campylocarpum – central and eastern Himalayas and southern and eastern Tibet

References

• Flora of China
• Hirsutum.com