 
 
Rhododendron williamsii
Section Euvireya: Subsection Euvireya
Height - 6m - terrestrial
Leaves - elliptic-ovate - 11 x 5 cm
Flowers - funnel-shaped - 4cm - up to 8 per umbel
Location - Philippines: Mountain and Zambales Provinces
- 1500-2200m
Epithet - after Robert S. Williams, an American who
was one of the first to collect this species.
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Rhododendron womersleyi
Section Eyvireya: Subsection Linnaeopsis
Height - 2m - mostly terrestrial
Leaves - ovate - 1.4 x 0.9cm
Flowers - tubular - 2.5cm - up to 4 per umbel
Location - Papua New Guinea: Eastern, Western &
Southern Highlands - 3200-3960m
Epithet - after John Womersley, former Chief of Division
Of Botany in Lae, PNG, and who collected the type specimen
of this species.
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Rhododendron wrightianum var. wrightianum
Section Euvireya: Subsection Malesia
Height - 1m - epiphytic or terrestrial
Leaves - obovate-elliptic - 2 x 1 cm
Flowers - tubular - 3cm - red, pink or rarely white
- up to 4 per umbel
Location - Indonesia: W.New Guinea: Oranje & Nassau
Mts.; Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay
district: Mt. Garatun - 1370-3250m
Epithet - after C. H. Wright, former assistant keeper
of the Kew Herbarium.
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Rhododendron wrightianum var. cyclopense
Section Euvireya: Subsection Malesia
Height - 1m - epiphytic or terrestrial
Leaves - obovate-elliptic - 2 x 1 cm
Flowers - tubular - 3cm - red, pink or rarely white
- up to 4 per umbel
Location - Indonesia: W.New Guinea: Mt. Cyclops - 1480-1800m
Epithet - sp. after C. H. Wright, former assistant keeper
of the Kew Herbarium; var. - after Mt. Cyclops, where
this variety is found.
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