Pentanthera
Rhododendron luteum
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Pentanthera

Type species
Rhododendron luteum
Species

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Rhododendron sect. Pentanthera is a section of subgenus Pentanthera in the genus Rhododendron. It comprises 15-16 species of deciduous shrubs native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

It includes two subsections:

  • Pentathera
  • Sinensia

Subsection Pentanthera (16 species)

Species
ImageNameDistribution
Rhododendron alabamense Alfred Rehder, 1921 (Alabama azalea)United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
Rhododendron arborescens John Torrey, 1824United States (West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.)
Rhododendron atlanticum Alfred Rehder, 1921United States (New Jersey south to Georgia.)
Rhododendron austrinum (Small) Rehder 1917United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi)
Rhododendron calendulaceum John Torrey, 1824United States (southern Pennsylvania and Ohio to northern Georgia.)
Rhododendron canescens (Michx.) Sweet 1889United States(Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia )
Rhododendron colemanii Ronald F. Miller, 2008United States(Alabama and western Georgia)
Rhododendron cumberlandense Emma Lucy Braun, 1941United States (Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina.)
Rhododendron eastmanii Kathleen Anne Kron, 1999United States (South Carolina)
Rhododendron flammeum (Michx.) Sarg. 1917United States(Georgia and South Carolina)
Rhododendron luteum Sweet 1911 (yellow azalea, honeysuckle azalea)southern Russia; and in Asia
Rhododendron occidentale Torr. & A.Gray 1876United States(Oregon, California)
Rhododendron periclymenoides (Michx.) Shinners 1962 (pink azalea, pinxterbloom azalea, pinxter flower)United States(southern New York south to Georgia)
Rhododendron prinophyllum (Small) Millais 1917 (rose azalea, roseshell azalea)Eastern United States
Rhododendron prunifolium (Small) Millais 1917United States( Georgia, Alabama )
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. 1824 (Swamp azalea)Eastern United States


Subsection Sinensia (1 species)

Selected species

The section is closely related to sect. Rhodora, differing from it in the flower corolla having five fully developed lobes, whereas sect. Rhodora has the upper three lobes joined into a single three-lipped lobe.

Cultivation

Most (but not all) of the cultivated azaleas belong to species in this section, and hybrids derived from them.

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