Rhododendron sect. Sciadorhodion
| Rhododendron sect. Sciadorhodion | |
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| Rhododendron wadanum | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Ericales | 
| Family: | Ericaceae | 
| Genus: | Rhododendron | 
| Subgenus: | Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum | 
| Section: | Rehder & E.H.Wilson  | 
| Type species | |
| Rhododendron schlippenbachii | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Rhododendron sect. Sciadorhodion is a subsection of subgenus Azaleastrum in the genus Rhododendron. It comprises 16 species of deciduous shrubs native to East Asia and North America.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Plants were previously classified in the genus Menziesia and reclassified within the genus Rhododendron[3] and formally transferred in 2011.[4]
Species
| Image | Name | Distribution | 
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Rhododendron albiflorum Hook. 1834 | British Columbia to northern Oregon and inland to western Alberta to Montana, and Colorado | 
| Rhododendron albrechtii Maxim. 1870 | Japan (Honshu and Hokkaido) | |
| Rhododendron benhallii Craven 2011 | Japan (Honshu, Shikoku) | |
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Rhododendron dilatatum Miq. 1836 | Japan (Honshu). | 
| Rhododendron goyozanense (M.Kikuchi) Craven 2011 | Japan (N. Honshu) | |
| Rhododendron katsumatae (M.Tash. & H.Hatta) Craven 2011 | Japan (Honshu) | |
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Rhododendron kroniae Craven 2011 | Japan (Kyushu) | 
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Rhododendron menziesii Craven 2011 | Alaska through the Pacific Northwest to northwestern California and Wyoming | 
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Rhododendron multiflorum (Maxim.) Craven 2011 | Japan (S. Hokkaido, N. & Central Honshu) | 
| Rhododendron osuzuyamense T.Yamaz. 2019 | Japan (C. Kyushu). | |
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Rhododendron pentandrum (Maxim.) Craven 2011 | Sakhalin to Japan | 
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Rhododendron pilosum (Maxim.) Craven 2011 | United States (S. Pennsylvania to Georgia) | 
| Rhododendron quinquefolium Bisset & S.Moore 1877 | Japan (C. Honshu, Shikoku) | |
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Rhododendron schlippenbachii Maxim. 1870 | S. Russian, Korea, China (Inner Mongolia, Manchuria) and Japan | 
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Rhododendron vaseyi A.Gray 1880 | North Carolina | 
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Rhododendron wadanum Makino 1917 | Japan (C. Honshu) | 
| Rhododendron yakushimense (M.Tash. & H.Hatta) Craven 2011 | Japan (Yakushima) | 
References
- ^ "Rhododendron sect. Sciadorhodion in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org Home. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
 - ^ Xia, Xiao-Mei; Yang, Miao-Qin; Li, Cong-Li; Huang, Si-Xin; Jin, Wei-Tao; Shen, Ting-Ting; Wang, Fei; Li, Xiao-Hua; Yoichi, Watanabe; Zhang, Le-Hua; Zheng, Yuan-Run; Wang, Xiao-Quan (2022-01-07). "Spatiotemporal Evolution of the Global Species Diversity of Rhododendron". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39 (1). doi:10.1093/molbev/msab314. ISSN 0737-4038. PMC 8760938. PMID 34718707.
 - ^ 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. Bibcode:2005SysBo..30..616G. doi:10.1600/0363644054782170. S2CID 51949019.
 - ^ Craven, L.A. Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Blumea 56 (1), April 2011, pp. 33-35(3)
 
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
 - Cox, Kenneth (2016). "Rhododendrons formerly known as Menziesia". The Plantsman. New Series. 15 (1): 52–57.
 


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