protologue: Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 28 & 4932 (1851)
2 875910 Rhododendron camelliiflorum Hook.f.J.D. Hooker, Rhododendr. Sikkim-Himalaya: t. 28 (1849) [J.D. Hooker]
2 875910 Rhododendron camelliiflorum Hook.f.E.A. von Regel, Gartenflora, vol. 14 : t. 460, fig. 1-3 (1865)
2 875910 Rhododendron camelliiflorum Hook.f.W. Curtis, Bot. Mag., vol. 82 [ser. 3, vol. 12]: t. 4932 (1856) [W.H. Fitch]