Boufford, D 43730

Rhododendron decorum Franch.

May 13, 2014

China

This occurrence of Rhododendron decorum Franch. (Boufford, D 43730) was collected on May 13, 2014 in China. Flora of the World includes 38 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Rhododendron, Boufford, D 43730--China. Sichuan. S of SanJiaZhai. 14 May 2014. DSC06685 (3).JPG

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Record Number

Boufford, D 43730

Collection Date

May 13, 2014 · China

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Yun-Dong Gao

Remarks

In small undisturbed patch of ground next to large boulder. Tree can 3.5 m tall; flowers pleasantly fragrant; sepals green; corolla white or very pale pink, slightly yellow in throat; filaments white, anthers yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Rhododendron

Specific Epithet

decorum

Authorship

Franch.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#330,153 of 335,497

Top 99%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →