Rhododendron subsect. Pontica

Rhododendron subsect. Pontica
Rhododendron ponticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Subgenus:	Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes
Section:	Rhododendron sect. Ponticum
Subsection:	Rhododendron subsect. Pontica Sleumer
Type species
Rhododendron ponticum
Species
See text

Rhododendron subsect. Pontica is a subsection of section Ponticum in Hymenanthes in the genus Rhododendron . It comprises 13 species of shrubs to small trees native to North America, Europe, and East Asia. ^[1]

Species

Image	Name	Distribution
	Rhododendron aureum Georgi 1775	China (Jilin, Liaoning), Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia
	Rhododendron brachycarpum D.Don ex G.Don 1834	Japan and Korea
	Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. 1803	United States (West Virginia south to northern Alabama.)
	Rhododendron caucasicum Pall. 1784	Transcaucasus and Anatolia
	Rhododendron degronianum Carrière	Japan (-Honshu)
	Rhododendron hyperythrum Hayata 1913	Taiwan
	Rhododendron japonoheptamerum Kitam. 1987	Japan
	Rhododendron macrophyllum D.Don ex G.Don	United States (Washington, California and northern Oregon), Canada (British Columbia)
	Rhododendron makinoi Tagg ex Nakai 1834	Japan
	Rhododendron maximum L. 1753	Alabama north to coastal Nova Scotia.
	Rhododendron ponticum L. 1762	Bulgaria, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Portugal, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey
	Rhododendron smirnowii Trautv. ex Regel 1885	Transcaucasus, Turkey
	Rhododendron ungernii Trautv. ex Regel 1885	Transcaucasus, Turkey

References

1. "Rhododendron sect. Pontica". worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-29.