heterotypic synonyms:
Rhododendron aechmophyllum Balf. f. & Forrest; Rhododendron bodinieri Franch.; Rhododendron chartophyllum Franch.; Rhododendron hormophorum Balf. f. & Forrest; Rhododendron pleistanthum Balf. f. ex Hutch.; Rhododendron seguinii H. Lév.; Rhododendron shaanxiense W.P. Fang & Z.J. Zhao; Rhododendron suberosum Balf. f. & Forrest;
protologue: Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 232 (1886)
2 877968 Rhododendron yunnanense Franch.W. Curtis, Bot. Mag., vol. 124 [ser. 3, vol. 54]: t. 7614 (1898) [M. Smith]