异名：Rhododendron apodectum I. B. Balfour et W. W. Sm. (synonym)、Rhododendron dichroanthum Diels var. apodectum (I. B. Balfour et W. W. Sm.) T. L. Ming (synonym)、Rhododendron jangtzowense Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron liratum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)

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Rhododendron dichroanthum Diels subsp. apodectum (Balf. f. et W. W. Smith) Cowan in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 20: 86. 1940; Cullen et Chamb. in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 37: 332. 1979; Chamb. in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 39: 394. 1982.——R. apodectum Balf. f. et W. W. Smith in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 10: 83. 1917; Stapf in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 149; t. 9014. 1923; Tagg in Stevenson, Spec. Rhodod. 542. 1930;中国高等植物图鉴3: 96, 图4145. 1974.——R. jangtzowense Balf. f. et Forrest in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 13: 271. 1922.——R. liratum Balf. f. et Forrest in ibid. 13: 274. 1922. ——R. dichroanthum Diels var. apodectum (Balf. f. et W. W. Smith) T. L. Ming in Act. Bot. Yunn. 6: 168. 1984;云南植物志4: 441. 1986.

本亚种与原亚种的区别在于叶长4-7厘米，宽2.5-3.5厘米，下面毛被银白色至淡黄褐色，花冠橘红色。

产云南西部。生于海拔2 600-3 600米的森林中。缅甸东北部亦有分布。模式标本采自云南大理附近。