南边杜鹃Rhododendron meridionale Tam

别名：糙柱杜鹃;小南边杜鹃;

科名：杜鹃花科 Ericaceae

属名：杜鹃属 Rhododendron

《中国植物志》第57(2)卷397页
  302. 南边杜鹃（广西植物）
  Rhododendron meridionale Tam, Survey Rhodod. South China 49 et 103. 1983.——R. meridionalis Tam in Guihaia 2(2): 71. f. 4. 1982.——R. chrysocalyx auct. non Levl. et Van: Fang in Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China Bot. 12: 7. 1939, quoad specimen cit. R. C. Ching 8063, 8088 e Kwangsi.
种中文名：南边杜鹃
种拉丁名：Rhododendron meridionale Tam
种别名  ：
命名来源：(广西植物)[Guihaia 2(2): 71.f.4. 1982]
中国植物志：57(2):397
组中文名：映山红组
组拉丁名：Sect．Tsutsusi．sweet
亚属中文名：映山红亚属
亚属拉丁名：Subgen．Tsutsusi (G．Don) Pojarkova
属中文名：杜鹃属
属拉丁名：Rhododendron
亚科中文名：杜鹃花亚科
亚科拉丁名：RHODODENDROIDEAE Drude
科中文名：杜鹃花科
科拉丁名：Ericaceae
纲中文名：双子叶植物纲
纲拉丁名：DICOTYLEDONEAE
门中文名：被子植物门
门拉丁名：ANGIOSPERMAE
参考文献：Rhododendron meridionale Tam，Survey Rhodod．South China 49 et 103．1983． ——R.meridionalis Tam in Guihaia 2(2)：71．F.4．1982．——R.chrysocalyx auct．Non L6v1．Et Van：Fang in Contr．Biol．Lab．Sci．Soc．China Bdt．12：7． 1939，quoadspeclmen cit.R．C．Ching 8063，8088e Kwangsi．

《Flora of China》 Vol. 14 (2005)
Rhododendron meridionale  P. C. Tam
南边杜鹃   nan bian du juan
Erect shrubs, ca. 3 m tall; branchlets slender, coarsely ferruginous strigose at first, later glabrescent. Summer and winter leaves different. Petiole 3–5 mm, densely dark brown strigose; leaf blade papery, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–4 (–7.5) × 0.5–1.5 cm; base narrowly cuneate; margin revolute, undulate; apex shortly caudate-acuminate; midrib slightly impressed adaxially, lateral veins 5–6-paired, slightly impressed, not reaching the margin. Inflorescence 3–6-flowered. Pedicel 1.3–1.5 cm, densely coarsely long yellowish brown strigose; calyx lobes obscure, coarsely ferruginous setose-strigose; corolla broadly funnelform, purple or purple-red, without purple flecks, 2.8–3.1 cm; tube cylindric, 9–11 × ca. 4 mm, glabrous; lobes spreading, oblong-lanceolate, 1.6–2 × ca. 0.8 cm; stamens 5, subequal, ca. 3.5 cm, exserted, filaments glabrous; ovary ovoid, ca. 3 mm, densely coarsely yellow-brown setose-strigose; style ca. 3.5 cm, as long as stamens, glabrous. Capsules ovoid, ca. 7 mm, coarsely gray-brown-strigose. Fl. Mar–Apr, fr. Oct–Nov.
Valley forests, open forests, ravines; 500–1300 m. N and S Guangxi.