Rhododendron sect. Rhodora
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- Rhodora is also the name of the journal of the New England Botanical Club
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| Rhododendron canadense | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Subgenus: | Pentanthera |
| Section: | Rhodora (L.) G.Don |
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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:
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 as a distinct genus, but treating it as such results in the remainder of the genus Rhododendron being paraphyletic.
[edit] Cultural references
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his poem, Rhodora: on being asked, whence is the flower ?
- Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why
- This charm is wasted on the earth and sky
- Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
- Then Beauty is its own excuse for being.
[edit] References
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Rhododendron sect. Rhodora
- Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.
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