The Critically Endangered Plant Rhododendron vulgaris reappears after 97 years

BEIJING, Kunming, July 30 (Reporter Hu voyage) reporter on the 30th from Zhong Keyuan Kunming Institute of Botany was informed that the research team recently launched the investigation when the azaleas and found a critically endangered plant cuckoo calyx fold in Shannan Prefecture
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According to reports, Rhododendron edulis was rated as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Rhododendrons published in 2011 and based on IUCN standards.
The type specimen was collected from the Yarlung Zangbo River Gorge in southeastern Tibet in 1924 by Frank Kinder-Wald.
"White Horse Bear", officially published in 1934
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The new distribution point of Rhododendron crocus discovered this time is located in Lage, Beibeng Township, Medog County, with a population of less than 50, and is close to a large-scale construction area, which is extremely vulnerable to destruction and faces the risk of extinction
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The reporter learned that in addition to Rhododendron officinalis, the scientific investigation also investigated a very small population of wild plants in Medog and Lang County, IUCN endangered species, Rhododendron cinnabarinus and Rhododendron, and the vulnerable Rhododendron of the genus Rhododendron.
21 Species, 8 species of near-endangered azaleas
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