Biology:Rhododendron subsect. Pontica
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Short description: Section of rhododendrons
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Scientific classification 
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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 |
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| 120px | Rhododendron aureum Georgi 1775 | China (Jilin, Liaoning), Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia |
| 120px | Rhododendron brachycarpum D.Don ex G.Don 1834 | Japan and Korea |
| 120px | Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. 1803 | United States (West Virginia south to northern Alabama.) |
| 120px | Rhododendron caucasicum Pall. 1784 | Transcaucasus and Anatolia |
| 120px | Rhododendron degronianum Carrière | Japan (-Honshu) |
| 120px | Rhododendron hyperythrum Hayata 1913 | Taiwan |
| 120px | Rhododendron japonoheptamerum Kitam. 1987 | Japan |
| 120px | Rhododendron macrophyllum D.Don ex G.Don | United States (Washington, California and northern Oregon), Canada (British Columbia) |
| 120px | Rhododendron makinoi Tagg ex Nakai 1834 | Japan |
| 120px | Rhododendron maximum L. 1753 | Alabama north to coastal Nova Scotia. |
| 120px | Rhododendron ponticum L. 1762 | Bulgaria, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Portugal, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey |
| 120px | Rhododendron smirnowii Trautv. ex Regel 1885 | Transcaucasus, Turkey |
| 120px | Rhododendron ungernii Trautv. ex Regel 1885 | Transcaucasus, Turkey |
References
Wikidata ☰ Q21389497 entry
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