Main features of the subsection :
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves orbiculare to elliptic, lower surface glabrous at maturity, sometimes with fasciculate hairs overlying the veins, or covered with a thin dendroid indumentum. Inflorescence lax or dense, 1-15-flowered. Calyx usually well-developed and cupular , to 15mm. Corolla 5-lobed, white or cream to deep blackish-crimson, funnel- to tubular-campanulate, with nectar pouches . Stamens 10. Ovary glabrous, tomentose and/or stalked-glandular , style glabrous or glandular to tip .
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subgenus Hymenanthes
Rhododendron bonvalotii
Rhododendron candelabrum
Rhododendron cerasinum
Rhododendron eclecteum var. bellatulum
