''Rhododendron'' subgenus ''Pentanthera'' was a subgenus of the genus ''

Rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; : ''rhododendra'') is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the Ericaceae, heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are native to eastern Asia and the Himalayan ...

''. The common name

azalea Azaleas ( ) are flowering shrubs in the genus ''Rhododendron'', particularly the former sections ''Rhododendron sect. Tsutsusi, Tsutsusi'' (evergreen) and ''Pentanthera'' (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate ...

is applied to many of the species, and also to species in some other subgenera. In 2005 it was discontinued and its four sections moved or dismembered. The subgenus included four sections: *''Rhododendron'' sect. '' Pentanthera'' *''Rhododendron'' sect. ''

Rhodora ''Rhododendron canadense'', the rhodora or Canada rosebay, is a deciduous flowering shrub that is native to northeastern North America. Classification Today's botanists consider the rhodora to be a distant relative of the other North American ...

'' *''Rhododendron'' sect. '' Sciadorhodion'' *''Rhododendron'' sect. '' Viscidula''

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Bibliography

*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan. Pentanthera Plant subgenera Historically recognized angiosperm taxa {{Ericaceae-stub