Subsection
Pentanthera (Subsection pentanthera)
Rhododendron occidentale. Photo: (c) Eric in SF, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes is a subgenus of the genus Rhododendron, with a widespread distribution in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The species are evergreen shrubs and small to medium-sized trees (up to 20 m tall), with medium-sized to large leaves (very large, over 40 cm long, in a few species). The flowers are large, produced in terminal trusses of 5-40 together.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Order: Ericales (Heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies)
- Family: Ericaceae (Heath family)
- Subfamily: Ericoideae (Typical heathers, azaleas, and allies)
- Tribe: Rhodoreae
- Genus: Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and azaleas)
- Subgenus: Hymenanthes
- Section: Pentanthera
- Subsection: Pentanthera (Subsection pentanthera)
- Section: Pentanthera
- Subgenus: Hymenanthes
- Genus: Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and azaleas)
- Tribe: Rhodoreae
- Subfamily: Ericoideae (Typical heathers, azaleas, and allies)
- Family: Ericaceae (Heath family)
- Order: Ericales (Heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
