Rhododendron sect. Sciadorhodion

Rhododendron sect. Sciadorhodion
Rhododendron wadanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum
Section: Rhododendron sect. Sciadorhodion
Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Type species
Rhododendron schlippenbachii
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Menziesia Sm. 1791
  • Rhododendron sect. Azaleastrum Planch. ex Maxim., 1870
  • Azaleastrum (Planch. ex Maxim.) Rydb. 1900
  • Rhododendron sect. Candidastrum Sleumer 1949
  • Rhododendron subg. Candidastrum (Sleumer) M.N.Philipson & Philipson. 1982
  • Rhododendron ser. Dilatata T.Yamaz. 1993
  • Rhododendron ser. Glangulistyla T.Yamaz. 1993
  • Rhododendron sect. Quinquefolia T.Yamaz. 1993
  • Rhododendron sect. Schlippenbachia T.Yamaz., 1996

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

ImageNameDistribution
Rhododendron albiflorum Hook. 1834British Columbia to northern Oregon and inland to western Alberta to Montana, and Colorado
Rhododendron albrechtii Maxim. 1870Japan (Honshu and Hokkaido)
Rhododendron benhallii Craven 2011Japan (Honshu, Shikoku)
Rhododendron dilatatum Miq. 1836Japan (Honshu).
Rhododendron goyozanense (M.Kikuchi) Craven 2011Japan (N. Honshu)
Rhododendron katsumatae (M.Tash. & H.Hatta) Craven 2011Japan (Honshu)
Rhododendron kroniae Craven 2011Japan (Kyushu)
Rhododendron menziesii Craven 2011Alaska through the Pacific Northwest to northwestern California and Wyoming
Rhododendron multiflorum (Maxim.) Craven 2011Japan (S. Hokkaido, N. & Central Honshu)
Rhododendron osuzuyamense T.Yamaz. 2019Japan (C. Kyushu).
Rhododendron pentandrum (Maxim.) Craven 2011Sakhalin to Japan
Rhododendron pilosum (Maxim.) Craven 2011United States (S. Pennsylvania to Georgia)
Rhododendron quinquefolium Bisset & S.Moore 1877Japan (C. Honshu, Shikoku)
Rhododendron schlippenbachii Maxim. 1870S. Russian, Korea, China (Inner Mongolia, Manchuria) and Japan
Rhododendron vaseyi A.Gray 1880North Carolina
Rhododendron wadanum Makino 1917Japan (C. Honshu)
Rhododendron yakushimense (M.Tash. & H.Hatta) Craven 2011Japan (Yakushima)

References

  1. ↑ "Rhododendron sect. Sciadorhodion in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org Home. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Craven, L.A. Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Blumea 56 (1), April 2011, pp. 33-35(3)
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