Rhododendron
Rhododendron (od antičkog grčkog ῥόδον  „ruža“ i δένδρον  „drvo“) je rod sa 1.024 vrsta drvenastih bilji iz Ericaceae familije, koje su bilo zimzelene ili listopadne, i nalaze se uglavnom u Aziji, mada su takođe široko raširene duž južnih visoravni Apalačijanskih planina u Severnoj Americi. Rhododendron je nacionalni cvet Nepala. Većina vrsta ima raskošne cvetove. Rod Azalea ima dva podroda među Rhododendron.

Taksonomija 

Rhododendron rod je najveći među rodovima Ericaceae familije, sa 1.024 vrsta, mada procene variraju od 850-1.000 u zavisnosti od korištenog izvora, i morfološki je raznovrstan. Konsekventno taksonomija je istorijski bila kompleksna.

Reference

Literatura 

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 Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Fitch, W. H.,Hooker, William Jackson. The rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya : being an account, botanical and geographical, of the rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of eastern Himalaya, from drawings and descriptions made on the spot, during a government botanical mission to that country. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, London, 1849-51.
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Vanjske veze 

 History of Rhododendron Discovery & Culture
 Rhododendrons from Turkey, Anatolia 
 German Genebank Rhododendron 
 Description of damage caused by Rhododendrons in the UK
 Information on rhododendrons at the Ericaceae web pages of Dr. Kron at Wake Forest University.
 Information on Vireyas
 Information+photos of hybrids and species 
 Information on Rhododendrons by Marc Colombel, founder of the Société Bretonne du Rhododendron.
 Extensive information on rhododendron species: the history of their discovery, botanical details, toxicity, classification, cultural conditions, care for common problems, and suggestions for companion plants by Steve Henning.
 History of Rhododendrons 
 Historical Survey of Rhododendron Collecting - With Emphasis on its Close Associations with Horticulture
 Rhododendron in botanical garden Pruhonice-Czech republic

Baze podataka 
 USDA: Rhododendron
 ITIS: Rhododendron

Flora 
 Flora of China: Rhododendron
 Flora of North America: Rhododendron

Rhododendron društva 
 American Rhododendron Society
 Journal of the American Rhododendron Society (JARS) 1947-1996
 
 The Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia Group of the Royal Horticultural Society
 Rhododendron Species Foundation and Botanical Garden
 Société Finlandaise du Rhododendron 
 Australian Rhododendron Society 
 German Rhododendron Society 
 New Zealand Rhododendron Association
 Danish Rhododendron Society
 Fraser South Rhododendron Society

Botaničke bašte 
 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Rhododendron Publications 

 
Otrovne biljke
Flora Azije