This name is a synonym of Rhododendron telmateium .
The record derives from Tropicos
(data supplied on )
which reports it as a synonym (record 12303998
) with original publication details: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9(44–45): 226–228 1916.
This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record tro-12303998, and has not been changed.