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{{Short description|Section of rhododendrons}}
{{merge to|Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes|date=February 2025}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image =Pontische rododendron struik (Rhododendron ponticum).jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Biology:Rhododendron ponticum|Rhododendron ponticum]]''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Rhododendron subsect. Pontica
|authority = Sleumer
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
|type_species =''[[Biology:Rhododendron ponticum|Rhododendron ponticum]]''
}}

'''''Rhododendron subsect. Pontica''''' is a subsection of section ''Ponticum'' in ''[[Biology:Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes|Hymenanthes]]'' in the genus ''[[Biology:Rhododendron|Rhododendron]]''. It comprises 13 species of shrubs to small [[Earth:Tree|tree]]s native to North America, Europe, and [[Place:East Asia|East Asia]].<ref name="a665">{{cite web | title=Rhododendron sect. Pontica | website=worldfloraonline.org | url=https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-1000002603| access-date=2025-01-29}}</ref>

==Species==
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! Image !! Name !! Distribution 
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron aureum|Rhododendron aureum]]'' {{au|Georgi 1775}} ||China (Jilin, Liaoning), Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia
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|120px||''Rhododendron brachycarpum'' {{au|D.Don ex G.Don 1834}} || Japan and Korea
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron catawbiense|Rhododendron catawbiense]]'' {{au|Michx. 1803}} ||United States (West Virginia south to northern Alabama.)
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron caucasicum|Rhododendron caucasicum]]'' {{au|Pall. 1784}} || Transcaucasus and Anatolia
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron degronianum|Rhododendron degronianum]]'' {{au|Carrière}} ||Japan (-Honshu)
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron hyperythrum|Rhododendron hyperythrum]]'' {{au|Hayata 1913}} || Taiwan
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|120px||''Rhododendron japonoheptamerum'' {{au|Kitam. 1987}} ||Japan
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron macrophyllum|Rhododendron macrophyllum]]'' {{au|D.Don ex G.Don}} ||United States (Washington, California and northern Oregon), Canada (British Columbia)
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron makinoi|Rhododendron makinoi]]'' {{au|Tagg ex Nakai 1834}} ||Japan
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron maximum|Rhododendron maximum]]'' {{au|L. 1753}} || Alabama north to coastal Nova Scotia.
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron ponticum|Rhododendron ponticum]]'' {{au|L. 1762}} ||Bulgaria, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Portugal, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey
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|120px||''[[Biology:Rhododendron smirnowii|Rhododendron smirnowii]]'' {{au|Trautv. ex Regel 1885}} ||Transcaucasus, Turkey 
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|120px||''Rhododendron ungernii'' {{au|Trautv. ex Regel 1885}} ||Transcaucasus, Turkey 
|-

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==References==
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[[Category:Rhododendron|*Pontica]]
[[Category:Plant subsections]]



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