Rhododendron simiarum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Ericoideae
Tribus: Rhodoreae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: R. subg. Hymenanthes
Sectio: R. sect. Pontica
Subsectio: R. subsect. Argyrophylla
Species: Rhododendron simiarum
Subspecies & varietas: R. s. subsp. simiarum – R. s. subsp. youngae – R. s. var. grandifolium – R. s. var. versicolor
Name

Rhododendron simiarum Hance (1884)
References

Hance, H.F. 1884: Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 22: 22.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Rhododendron simiarum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 18. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rhododendron simiarum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rhododendron simiarum. Published online. Accessed: May 18 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Rhododendron simiarum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 May 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhododendron simiarum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2020 May 18.

Vernacular names
English: South China Rhododendron
中文: 猴头杜鹃
Rhododendron simiarum, the South China rhododendron, is one of the many species of the genus Rhododendron, which mainly grows in Southern China. The species has also developed a habitat in Hong Kong, being one of the six native species of rhododendrons grown in Hong Kong, commonly found in the slopes of Ma On Shan, and Lantau Island. It is also distributed in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang. [1]
Description

It grows as a bushy shrub or small tree, typically 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft), but can be as tall as 3 m (9.8 ft). The bark is grey in color, exfoliating into thin, small, irregular flakes. The young shoots are densely covered with tomentose grey hairs, later becoming hairless. The branchlets are grey tomentose when young, with those more than one year old glabrescent. The flowers bloom from April to early May, having up to 4 to 6 clustered flowers at the top of branches, each funnel-shaped, pink with red spots at first, but turning lighter when fully opened, ranging from white to dark pink.[2]
References

Media related to Rhododendron simiarum at Wikimedia Commons

"Green Power - Green Classroom". www.greenpower.org.hk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
"Rhododendron simiarum in A Checklist for the South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.