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Rhododendron kawakamii is a plant endemic to Taiwan. It is also called Kawakami's rhododendron, as the type specimen was collected by Takiya Kawakami and others from Mount Niitaka (today named Yu Shan or Mount Jade). This species is the only native, epiphytic, yellow flowered rhododendron in Taiwan, and is scattered in the fog forest belt of the island at an altitude of about 1,500 to 2,500 m (4,900 to 8,200 ft). It was first published as a new species by Bunzo Hayata in 1911. More on Wikipedia ›
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About the genus · Rhododendron
Rhododendron, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon), meaning "rose", and δένδρον (déndron), meaning "tree", is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are native to eastern Asia and the Himalayan region, but smaller numbers occur elsewhere in Asia, and in North America, Europe and Australia.
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Cultivation
Grouped as a temperate garden plant, listed under the genus Rhododendron in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “epiphytic subshrub or shrub”, “temperate”.
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Group. Listed under the genus Rhododendron in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “epiphytic subshrub or shrub”, “temperate”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.
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Photographs: (c) Kiwi Shen, some rights reserved (CC BY) (2); (c) Cheng-Te Hsu, some rights reserved (CC BY); author not stated, no rights reserved · CC0 (2); (c) Jacy Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Related
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Rhododendron adenogynum Ericaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Kurt Stüber
Rhododendron adenopodum Ericaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Ulf Eliasson
Rhododendron adenosum Ericaceae Photo: CC0, Daderot
Rhododendron aeruginosum Ericaceae Photo: CC BY, Siddarth Machado
Rhododendron aganniphum Ericaceae Photo: CC0, Daderot Rhododendron agathodaemonis Ericaceae 
Rhododendron alabamense Alabama azalea Photo: CC BY, Rob John
Rhododendron albiflorum White rhododendron Photo: CC0, author not stated all 575 ›Names & registers
Also known as Rhododendron kawakamii var. flaviflorum; Rhododendron kawakamii var. kawakamii; Rhododendron taiwanianum. (GBIF Backbone)
The record
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