Rhododendron protistum giganteum (Forrest & Tagg) Chamberlain
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 1981
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Gaoligongshan, Yunnan (south-west), China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Li-kuo, F. and Jian-ming, J. 1992. China Plant Red Data Book – Rare and Endangered Plants 1. Science Press, Beijing.
National Environment Protection Bureau. 1987. The list of rare and endangered plants protected in China. Botanical Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy Press, Beijing.
Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
Sun, W. 1998. Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T32370A9701349. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32370A9701349.en. Downloaded on 08 May 2017.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.