page_title: List of Rhododendron species
section_title: L
hierarchical_section_title: List of Rhododendron species / L
caption_attribution_description: Rhododendron luteum syn. Rhododendron flavum Polski: azalia pontyjska (różanecznik żółty) English: Yellow Azalea (Honeysuckle Azalea)
context_page_description: This List of Rhododendron species includes species of the genus Rhododendron, which is in the plant family Ericaceae. Depending on the source, there are anywhere from 800 to over 1,100 wild species. The vast majority of Rhododendron species are native to the eastern Himalaya and southeast Tibet, along with the islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, New Guinea, and the Philippines. The rest are broadly spread throughout the northern hemisphere in relatively small isolated populations, including Japan, northwestern North America, the Appalachian, and the Caucasus Mountains.
  Rhododendron has eight traditionally accepted subgenera based on morphology, still the consensus taxonomy used by most authorities: Azaleastrum; Candidastrum; Hymenanthes; Mumeazalea; Pentanthera; Rhododendron; Therorhodion; Tsutsusi. Hymenanthes, with approximately 225 species, and subgenus Rhododendron, with approx. 400 species, comprise what gardeners typically describe as "Rhododendrons." Two subgenera are generally known to gardeners as "Azaleas", and include many fewer true species: Pentanthera, which comprises the deciduous azaleas, and Tsutsusi, which includes evergreen azaleas.
context_section_description: Rhododendron labolengense Ching & H.P. Yang
  Rhododendron lacteum Franch.
  Rhododendron laetum J. J. Sm.
  Rhododendron lanatoides D.F. Chamb.
  Rhododendron lanatum Hook. f.
  Rhododendron lanigerum Tagg
  Rhododendron laojunshanense M.Y. Fang
  Rhododendron lapponicum (L.) Wahlenb.
  Rhododendron lasiostylum Hayata
  Rhododendron lateriflorum R.C. Fang & A.L. Chang
  Rhododendron latoucheae Franch.
  Rhododendron laudandum Cowan
  Rhododendron leiboense Z.J. Zhao
  Rhododendron leishanicum W.P. Fang & S.S. Chang ex D.F. Chamb.
  Rhododendron lepidostylum Balf. f. & Forrest
  Rhododendron lepidotum Wall. ex G. Don
  Rhododendron leptocarpum Nutt.
  Rhododendron leptocladon Dop
  Rhododendron leptopeplum Balf. f. & Forrest
  Rhododendron leptothrium Balf. f. & Forrest
  Rhododendron leucaspis Tagg
  Rhododendron levinei Merr.
  Rhododendron liaoxigense S.L. Tung & Z. Lu
  Rhododendron liboense Z.R. Chen & K.M. Lan
  Rhododendron liliiflorum H. Lév.
  Rhododendron lindleyi T. Moore
  Rhododendron linearilobum R.C. Fang & A.L. Chang
  Rhododendron linguiense G.Z. Li
  Rhododendron litchiifolium T.C. Wu & P.C. Tam
  Rhododendron lochiae F. Muell. (Australian Rhododendron)
  Rhododendron lochmium Balf. f.
  Rhododendron longesquamatum C.K. Schneid.
  Rhododendron longicalyx M.Y. Fang
  Rhododendron longifalcatum P.C. Tam
  Rhododendron longilobum L.M. Gao & D.Z. Li
  Rhododendron longiperulatum Hayata
  Rhododendron longipes Rehder & E.H. Wilson
  Rhododendron longistylum Rehder & A. Wilson
  Rhododendron loniceriflorum P.C. Tam
  Rhododendron loerzingii J.J. Smith
  Rhododendron ludlowii Cowan
  Rhododendron luhuoense H.P. Yang
  Rhododendron lukiangense Franch.
  Rhododendron lulangense L.C. Hu & Tateishi
  Rhododendron lungchiense W.P. Fang
  Rhododendron lutescens Franch.
  Rhododendron luteum Sweet (yellow or honeysuckle azalea)
caption: Rhododendron luteum
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