Rhododendron calostrotum Balf. f. et K. Ward var. calciphilum (Hutch. et K. Ward) Davidian in Rhodod. and Cam. Year Book, 8: 87. 1954; id. Rhodod. Spec. 1: 297. 1982; 西藏植物志3: 655. 1986;云南植物志4: 517. 1986;横断山区维管植物下册1431. 1994. ——R. calciphilum Hutch. et K. Ward in Stevenson, Spec. Rhodod. 589. 1930; id. in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 16: 179. 1931, descr. latin.