Main features of the subsection :
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves ovate to oblanceolate, ellipic or oblong, lower surface usually glabrous when mature though with persistent hair bases, occasionally with a thin veil of dendroid hairs . Inflorescence lax or dense, 4-20-flowered. Calyx minute or cupular . Corolla 5-7-lobed, white or (rarely) yellow to mauve or deep crimson, tubular- to open-campanulate, with or without nectar pouches. Stamens 10. Ovary glabrous to tomentose and/or stalked-glandular ; style glandular to tip .
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subgenus Hymenanthes
Rhododendron aberconwayi
Rhododendron araiophyllum var. lapidosum
Rhododendron papillatum
