''Rhododendron campylocarpum'' is a
rhododendron
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species
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.
[ It is native to eastern ]Nepal
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, Sikkim
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, Bhutan
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, Arunachal Pradesh
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, southeastern Tibet
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, and southwestern China
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, where it grows at altitudes of {{Cvt, 3000–4000 meters. It is a shrub
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that grows to {{Cvt, 2, –, 3, m, ftin, 0 in height, with leathery leaves that are suborbicular or ovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, {{Cvt, 4, –, 8.5, cm, in, 1 long by {{Cvt, 2.5, –, 4, cm, in, 1 wide. Its flowers are yellow.{{Citation needed, date=February 2024 It is placed in section ''Ponticum''.
Subspecies
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accepted two subspecies:[
*''Rhododendron campylocarpum'' subsp. ''caloxanthum'' (Balf.f. & Farrer) D.F.Chamb.
*''Rhododendron campylocarpum'' subsp. ''campylocarpum''
]
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campylocarpum
Plants described in 1851
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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