Rhododendron subg. Pentanthera

Rhododendron subg. Pentanthera
Rhododendron luteum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Subgenus:	Rhododendron subg. Pentanthera G.Don Gen. Syst. III. 846 (1834)
Sections
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Rhododendron subgenus Pentanthera was a subgenus of the genus Rhododendron . The common name azalea is applied to many of the species, and also to species in some other subgenera. ^[1] In 2005 it was discontinued and its four sections moved or dismembered. ^[2]

The subgenus included four sections:

• Rhododendron sect. Pentanthera
• Rhododendron sect. Rhodora
• Rhododendron sect. Sciadorhodion
• Rhododendron sect. Viscidula

References

1. Chamberlain, DF; Hyam R; Argent G; Fairweather G; Walter KS (1996). The genus Rhododendron: its classification and synonymy. Royal Botanic gardens Edinburgh. ISBN   1-872291-66-X. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
2. Goetsch, Loretta A.; Eckert, Andrew J.; Hall, Benjamin D. (July–September 2005). "The molecular systematics of Rhododendron (Ericaceae): a phylogeny based upon RPB2 gene sequences". Systematic Botany . 30 (3): 616–626. doi:10.1600/0363644054782170. S2CID   51949019.

Bibliography

• Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.