Rhododendron laetum
Rhododendron laetum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Rhododendron |
Species: | R. laetum |
Binomial name | |
Rhododendron laetum J. J. Sm. | |
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Rhododendron laetum is a rhododendron species native to the Anggi Lakes area of the Arfak Mountains in Indonesia and western New Guinea, where it grows at forest edges, in open marsh, and in swamps at the edge of lakes. It is a shrub that grows to 3 m in height, with leaves that are broadly elliptic or sub-ovate-elliptic, 40–95 × 25–53 mm in size. Flowers are deep yellow, flushing with red or orange as they age.
Synonyms
- Rhododendron uliginosum
References
- "R. uliginosum", J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 1914. 12: 136, t.33.
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Hirsutum.com
- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
- Hybrids of Rhododendron laetum
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- "Rhododendron laetum - Collection and Distribution", Brian Clancy, The Rhododendron, Journal of the Australian Rhododendron Society, Volume 30, Spring 1990.
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