假映山红组 jia ying shan hong zu

Shrubs, evergreen; branches with flat coarse appressed pubescence. Flowers and vegetative branches arising from the same terminal flower bud. Leaves in whorls of 2–3 at tips of branches.

One species: China (Taiwan) and Japan (including Ryukyu Islands).

DNA evidence suggests that Rhododendron sect. Tsusiopsis should be included within R. sect. Tsutsusi.

Lower Taxon

• Rhododendron tashiroi Maximowicz