Rhododendron subg. Choniastrum

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Rhododendron subg. Choniastrum is a subgenus of the genus Rhododendron, originally a section of subgenus Azaleastrum[1] it was elevated to subgenus rank after cladistic analysis revealed that together with Rhododendron it formed a major clade, distinct from other sections of Azaleastrum.[2]

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Rhododendron subg. Choniastrum
Rhododendron latoucheae
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: Rhododendron subg. Choniastrum
Franch.
Type species
Rhododendron stamineum
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Species

The subgenus includes twenty species, including;[3]

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Rhododendron cavaleriei H.Lév. 1903China (Hainan, Guizhou), Vietnam
Rhododendron championiae Hook. 1851China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang)
Rhododendron dayaoshanense L.M.Gao & D.Z.Li 2003China (Guangxi)
Rhododendron feddei H.Lév. 1913China (Guangxi)
Rhododendron hancockii Hemsl. 1895China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Xizang)
Rhododendron henryi Hance 1881China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang), Taiwan
Rhododendron huguangense P.C.Tam 1982China (Guangxu, Guangdong, Hunan)
Rhododendron latoucheae Franch. 1899China, Nansei-shoto to Taiwan
Rhododendron longilobum L.M.Gao & D.Z.Li 2003China (Yunnan)
Rhododendron mackenzianum Forrest 1920China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar
Rhododendron mitriforme P.C.Tam 1982China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan)
Rhododendron moulmainense Hook.China (Fujian, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan) India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand
Rhododendron stamineum Franch. 1886China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang)
Rhododendron subestipitatum Chun ex P.C.Tam 1982China (Guangdong)
Rhododendron taiense Hutch. 1938Thailand
Rhododendron taishunense B.Y.Ding & Y.Y.Fang 1987China (Zhejiang)
Rhododendron truncatovarium L.M.Gao & D.Z.Li 2004 publ. 2005China (Yunnan, Guangxi)
Rhododendron tutcherae Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson 1910China (Yunnan)
Rhododendron vaniotii H.Lév. 1914China (Guizhou)
Rhododendron westlandii Hemsl. 1889China (Guizhou)
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