Rhododendron sect. Rhodora

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Rhododendron sect. Rhodora
Rhododendron vaseyi kz01.jpg
Rhododendron vaseyi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes
Section: Rhododendron sect. Rhodora
(L.) G.Don 1834
Type species
Rhododendron canadense
Species

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Rhodora was a section of subgenus Pentanthera in the genus Rhododendron , that has since been discontinued.

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Description

The section was closely related to sect. Pentanthera, differing from it in the flower corolla having only three lobes, rather than five, the upper three lobes of sect. Pentanthera being joined into a single three-lipped lobe in sect. Rhodora.

Taxonomy

The distinct floral structure resulted in Rhodora being treated as a distinct genus at one time. Treating it as such though resulted in the remainder of the genus Rhododendron being paraphyletic. However detailed phylogenetic analysis revealed that Rhodora was not a distinct entity, but rather polyphyletic, and it was disassembled, each species being allocated to other sections. Rhododendron canadense was moved to section Pentanethera, subgenus Hymenanthes and Rhododendron vaseyi was moved to section Sciadorhodion, which then became a new section of subgenus Azaleastrum. [1]

It comprised two species, both deciduous shrubs native to eastern North America:

ImageNameDistribution
Rhododendron canadense 15-p.bot-rhodo.cana-21.jpg Rhododendron canadense (L.) Torr.Canada in Newfoundland and extends into eastern Ontario and the United States from New York, New Jersey, and at high altitudes in the Appalachian Mountains further south to Pennsylvania.
Rhododendronvaseyi.jpg Rhododendron vaseyi A.GrayNorth Carolina

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References

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