heterotypic synonyms:
Rhododendron artosquameum Balf. f. & Forrest; Rhododendron cardioeides Balf. f. & Forrest; Rhododendron depile Balf. f. & Forrest; Rhododendron exquisitum Hutch.; Rhododendron hypotrichotum Balf. f. & Forrest; Rhododendron phaeochlorum Balf. f. & Forrest; Rhododendron pubigerum Balf. f. & Forrest; Rhododendron siderophylloides Hutch.; Rhododendron timeteum Balf. f. & Forrest; Rhododendron trichopodum Balf. f. & Forrest;
protologue: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 201 (1914)
2 877136 Rhododendron oreotrephes W.W. Sm.W. Curtis, Bot. Mag., vol. 144 [ser. 4, vol. 14]: t. 8784 (1918) [M. Smith]