Rhododendron edanoi ssp. edanoi
Section Euvireya: Subsection Solenovireya
Height - 0.4m - epiphytic
Leaves - elliptic - 5.5 x 2.5cm
Flowers - trumpet-shaped - 5cm - up to 15 per umbel
Location - Philippines: Palawan: Mt. Mantalingahan, Thumb
Peak, Cleopatra's Needle
1500-1725m
Epithet - after G. Edano, a Philippine collector
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Rhododendron edanoi ssp. pneumonanthum
Section Euvireya: Subsection Solenovireya
Height - 3m - epiphytic or terrestrial
Leaves - elliptic - 5.5 x 2.5cm
Flowers - trumpet-shaped - 5cm - up to 15 per umbel
Location - Malaysia: Sarawak: Mt. Lemakok, Mt. Lawai,
Mt. Murut, Mt. Murud; Sabah: Long Pasia;
Indonesia: Mt. Kemul, Mt. Batu Ajoh, Kayan River - 1700-2400m
Epithet - sp.: after G. Edano, a Philippine collector
ssp.: alluding to the often inflated-looking corolla
tubes
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Rhododendron emarginatum var. emarginatum
Section Pseudovireya
Height - to 2m - epiphytic
Leaves - broadly elliptic - 4.0cm x 2.5cm
Flowers - campanulate - 0.8cm - solitary or in pairs
Location - China: S.E. Yunnan: Pingbian, Xichan, Malipo,
Mengzi; Vietnam: Lao Cai Province
1200-2900m
Epithet - referring to the emarginate (notched) leaf-tips
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Rhododendron ericoides
Section Discovireya
Height - 1.5m - terrestrial
Leaves - linear - 0.8 x 0.16cm
Flowers - tubular - 1.5cm - up to 4 per umbel
Location - Malaysia: Sabah: G. Kinabalu endemic - 2700-4000m
Epithet - "resembling an Erica sp." i.e. heath-like
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Rhododendron erosipetalum
Section Discovireya
Height - to 2m - epiphytic or terrestrial
Leaves - narrow-obovate - 1.3 x 0.4cm
Flowers - tubular, slightly curved - 1.9cm - solitary
Location - Indonesia: W. New Guinea: Arfak Mts. - 1400-2650m
Epithet - L. "lobe eaten away", alluding to
the ragged, irregular corolla margin
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Rhododendron evelyneae
Section Phaeovireya
Height - 2m - terrestrial
Leaves - ovate, recurved - 6 x 3cm
Flowers - tubular - 4cm - up to 7 per umbel
Location - Indonesia: W. New Guinea: Mt. Yonowe - 3140-3190m
Epithet - Dedicated to Evelyne Danet, mother of the
person who discovered and named
this species.
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Rhododendron exuberans
Section Euvireya: Subsection Euvireya
Height - to 4m - mostly terrestrial
Leaves - elliptic - 10.0cm x 3.5cm
Flowers - funnel-shaped - 3.8cm - up to 3 per umbel
- orange turning bright red with age
Location - Malaysia: Sarawak: Mt. Mulu, Mt. Murud;
Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu, Mt. Trus Mardi, Mt. Lumarku: Indonesia:
W. Kalimantan: Mt. Rajah
1300-2000m
Epithet - from L. 'exuberans' - to grow luxuriantly,
referring to the wider leaves than those
of the related R. nervulosum.
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Rhododendron eymae
Section Phaeovireya
Height - 0.25m - terrestrial
Leaves - ovate - 1.3 x 0.7cm
Flowers - tubular - 1.6cm - mostly in pairs
Location - Indonesia: Sulawesi: Latimodjong Range, Mt.
Rantemario - 3100-3300m
Epithet - after P. Eyma, 1903-1945, Dutch botanist who
first collected this species
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