Rhodora

Rhodora

:"Rhodora is also the name of the journal of the New England Botanical ClubTaxobox
name = "Rhododendron" sect. "Rhodora"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Rhododendron canadense"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Rhododendron"
subgenus = "Pentanthera"
sectio = "Rhodora"
sectio_authority = (L.) G.Don
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"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.

References

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?19859 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Rhododendron" sect. "Rhodora"]
*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan.


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  • rhodora — [rə(ʊ) dɔ:rə] noun a pink flowered North American shrub of the heather family. [Rhododendron canadense.] Origin C18: mod. L. (former genus name), based on Gk rhodon rose …   English new terms dictionary

  • rhodora — rho·do·ra …   English syllables

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