Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes

Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes
Rhododendron ponticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes
(Blume) K.Koch
Sections
  • Ponticum
  • Pentanthera

Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes is a subgenus of the genus Rhododendron, with a widespread distribution in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The species are evergreen shrubs and small to medium-sized trees (up to 20 m tall), with medium-sized to large leaves (very large, over 40 cm long, in a few species). The flowers are large, produced in terminal trusses of 5-40 together.[1]

The subgenus includes two sections, Rhododendron sect. Ponticum, divided into 24 subsections and about 140 species, and (since 2005) Rhododendron sect. Pentanthera[2]

Section Ponticum (24 subsections)

Section Pentanthera (2 subsections)

  • R. subsect. Pentanthera (G. Don) Pojarkova (15 species)
  • R. subsect. Sinensia (one species: Rhododendron molle)
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