Rhododendron taipaoense T. C. Wu & P. C. Tam

Shrubs, 1–1.5 m tall; branchlets many, densely silky pale gray setose and glandular pubescent. Summer and winter leaves different. Petiole 5–10 mm, indumentum as for branchlets; leaf blade leathery, elliptic, oblong or rarely oblong-elliptic, 2.5–6.5 × 1–3 cm; base cuneate, rarely broadly cuneate; margin conspicuously revolute; apex obtuse or acute; adaxial surface densely coarsely yellow-brown felted strigose, later subglabrous, midrib densely short-setose and appressed-strigose. Inflorescence 7–10-flowered. Pedicel ca. 0.6 cm, densely coarsely ferruginous strigose; calyx lobes small, usually finely crenate and coarsely ferruginous strigose; corolla narrowly funnelform, red, ca. 1.8 cm; tube cylindric, ca. 10 × 2 mm in diam.; lobes oblong-linear, ca. 0.8 × 0.3 cm, apex acute; stamens 5, unequal, 2.6–2.8 cm, filaments glabrous; ovary ovoid, ca. 2 mm, densely strigose; style ca. 2.5 cm, shorter than stamens, glabrous. Capsules ovoid, 3–4 mm, coarsely dark red-brown strigose. Fl. Jun, fr. Aug–Sep.

E Guangdong.

Open submontane forests, thickets; 700–800 m.

Rhododendron taipaoense adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Ericaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Ericales. Spesies Rhododendron taipaoense sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Rhododendron.

Rhododendron taipaoense là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được T.C. Wu & P.C. Tam miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1978.

大埔杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron taipaoense）为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个种。