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Rhododendron pulchrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Species:	R. pulchrum
Binomial name
Rhododendron pulchrum Sweet

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Rhododendron pulchrum (锦绣杜鹃), also identified as Rhododendron × pulchrum, is a rhododendron endemic to China. It grows as a semi-evergreen shrub, 1.5–2.5 m (4.9–8.2 ft) in height, with leathery leaf blades, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, 2–5(–7) × 1–2.5 cm in size. The flowers are rose-purple with dark red flecks. Hirsutum describes it as "a natural hybrid; seed × pollen= R. mucronatum var mucronatum × R. indicum var formosanum".

Synonyms

• Rhododendron indicum var. pulchrum (Sweet) G. Don
• Rhododendron indicum var. smithii Sweet
• Rhododendron phoeniceum f. smithii (Sweet) E.H. Wilson

References

• Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 2, 2: t. 117. 1831.

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