Rhododendron eudoxum

Rhododendron eudoxum is a species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family.^[5] It is native to the bamboo forests of southeast Xizang and northwest Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 3,300–4,300 m (10,800–14,100 ft). It is a dwarf shrub that typically grows to 30–120 cm (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 11 in) tall, with leathery leaves that are long-elliptic to oblong-obovate in shape, and 2.3–3 cm (0.9–1.2 in) long and 0.8–1.4 cm (0.3–0.6 in) wide. Its flowers are red.^{[citation needed]} It is placed in section Ponticum.^[6]

Rhododendron eudoxum
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. eudoxum
Binomial name
Rhododendron eudoxum Balf.f. & Forrest[1]
Synonyms
Of var. brunneifolium:[2] Rhododendron brunneifolium Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron eudoxum subsp. brunneifolium (Balf.f. & Forrest) Tagg Of var. eudoxum:[3] Rhododendron eudoxum subsp. trichomiscum (Balf.f. & Forrest) Tagg Rhododendron fulvastrum subsp. trichomiscum (Balf.f. & Forrest) Cowan Rhododendron fulvastrum subsp. trichophlebium (Balf.f. & Forrest) Cowan Rhododendron temenium subsp. albipetalum Cowan Rhododendron temenium subsp. rhodanthum Cowan Rhododendron trichomiscum Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron trichophlebium Balf.f. & Forrest Of var. mesopolium:[4] Rhododendron asteium Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron epipastum Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron eudoxum subsp. asteium (Balf.f. & Forrest) Tagg Rhododendron eudoxum subsp. epipastum (Balf.f. & Forrest) Tagg Rhododendron eudoxum subsp. mesopolium (Balf.f. & Forrest) Tagg Rhododendron fulvastrum subsp. epipastum (Balf.f. & Forrest) Cowan Rhododendron fulvastrum subsp. mesopolium (Balf.f. & Forrest) Cowan Rhododendron mesopolium Balf.f. & Forrest

Varieties

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

• Rhododendron eudoxum var. brunneifolium (Balf.f. & Forrest) D.F.Chamb.
• Rhododendron eudoxum var. eudoxum
• Rhododendron eudoxum var. mesopolium (Balf.f. & Forrest) D.F.Chamb.