Rhodora
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- Rhodora is also the name of the journal of the New England Botanical Club
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Rhodora is a section of subgenus Pentanthera in the genus Rhododendron. It comprises two species, both deciduous shrubs native to eastern North America:
- Rhododendron canadense
- Rhododendron vaseyi
The section is closely related to sect. Pentanthera, differing from it in the flower corolla having only three lobes, rather than five, the upper three lobes of sect. Pentanthera being joined into a single three-lipped lobe in sect. Rhodora. This distinct floral structure resulted in its formerly being treated treated as a distinct genus, but treating it as such results in the remainder of the genus Rhododendron being paraphyletic.
[edit] References
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Rhododendron sect. Rhodora
- Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.
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