Rhododendron campylocarpum

Rhododendron campylocarpum is a rhododendron species.^[1] It is native to eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, southeastern Tibet, and southwestern China, where it grows at altitudes of {{Cvt|3000–4000 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) in height, with leathery leaves that are suborbicular or ovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 4–8.5 cm (1.6–3.3 in) long by 2.5–4 cm (1.0–1.6 in) wide. Its flowers are yellow.^{[citation needed]} It is placed in section Ponticum.^[2]

Rhododendron campylocarpum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Subgenus:	Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes
Section:	Rhododendron sect. Ponticum
Species:	R. campylocarpum
Binomial name
Rhododendron campylocarpum Hook.f.[1]
Synonyms
Azalea campylocarpa (Hook.f.) Kuntze

Subspecies

As of February 2024^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted two subspecies:^[1]

• Rhododendron campylocarpum subsp. caloxanthum (Balf.f. & Farrer) D.F.Chamb.
• Rhododendron campylocarpum subsp. campylocarpum