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Rhododendron (Section rhododendron)
Rhododendron columbianum. Photo: (c) Catie Clune, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Rhododendron /ˌroʊdəˈdɛndrən/ (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon “rose” and δένδρον déndron “tree”) is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America. It is the national flower of Nepal as well as the state flower of West Virginia and Washington in United States, and state tree of Sikkim
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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