Rhododendron sect. Azaleastrum

Rhododendron sect. Azaleastrum is a subsection of subgenus Azaleastrum in the genus Rhododendron. It comprises 10 species of deciduous shrubss native to East Asia.^[1]

Rhododendron sect. Azaleastrum
Rhododendron hongkongense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Subgenus:	Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum
Section:	Rhododendron sect. Azaleastrum Planch. ex Maxim.
Type species
Rhododendron ovatum
Species
See text

Species

Image	Name	Distribution
	Rhododendron bachii H.Lév. 1913	China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang)
	Rhododendron hangzhouense W.P.Fang & M.Y.He 1982	China (Zhejiang)
	Rhododendron hongkongense Hutch. 1930	China (Guangdong, Hong Kong)
	Rhododendron leptothrium Balf.f. & Forrest	Myanmar, China (Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan)
	Rhododendron medoense W.P.Fang & M.Y.He 1983	Myanmar, China (Xizang)
	Rhododendron ngawchangense M.N.Philipson & Philipson 1982	Myanmar
	Rhododendron ovatum (Lindl.) Maxim. ex Planch. 1871	China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang.) Taiwan
	Rhododendron tianlinense P.C.Tam 1983	China (Guangxi)
	Rhododendron uwaense H.Hara & T.Yamanaka 1984	Japan (Shikoku)
	Rhododendron vialii Delavay & Franch. 1895	China (Yunnan), Laos, Vietnam