Kadudampit

***Rhododendron*** atau bunga **rengganis** atau **kadudampit** (  (dari bahasa Yunani Kuno  *rhódon* "mawar" dan  *déndron* "pohon"), yang sering disebut **rhodies**, adalah sebuah genus dari 1,024 spesies tumbuhan berkayu dalam keluarga Ericaceae, baik tumbuhan hijau abadi atau tumbuhan peluruh, dan utamanya ditemukan di Asia, meskipun genus tersebut juga menyebar ke seluruh Dataran Tinggi Selatan Pegunungan Appalachian di Amerika utara. Tumbuhan tersebut merupakan bunga nasional Nepal. Sebagian besar spesies memiliki bunga yang mekar dari akhir musim dingin sampai awal musim panas.

## Lihat pula
* Daftar penyakit Rhododendron
* Daftar spesies Rhododendron

## Referensi

## Daftar pustaka

### Buku dan bab buku
*  (also available online at Gallica)
* Sweet, Robert. The British Flower Garden (Series the Second) Volume I. Ridgway, London 1831
* 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.
* James Leonard Luteyn, Mary E. O'Brien. Contributions Toward a Classification of Rhododendron: Proceedings, International Rhododendron Conference, the New York Botanical Garden, May 15-17, 1978. New York Botanical Garden, American Rhododendron Society 1980. ISBN 0-89327-221-3
* Davidian, H. H. ''The Rhododendron Species''. In four volumes from 1982-1995. Timber Press. ISBN 0-917304-71-3 ISBN 0-88192-109-2 ISBN 0-88192-168-8 ISBN 0-88192-311-7.
* Cox, P. A. & Kenneth, N. E. ''The Encyclopedia of Rhododendron Species''. 1997. Glendoick Publishing. ISBN 0-9530533-0-X.
* James Cullen. Hardy Rhododendron Species: A Guide To Identification. Timber Press, 2005. ISBN 0-88192-723-6
* Blazich, F.A. and D.B. Rowe. 2008. "Rhododendron L., rhododendron and azalea." p. 943-951. In: F.T. Bonner and R.P. Karrfalt (eds.). The woody plant seed manual. Agr. Hdbk 727. U.S. Dept. Agr. For. Serv., Washington, D.C.

### Artikel
* [Walter Magor. A History of Rhododendrons. [American Rhododendron Society|JARS] Volume 44, Number 4, Fall 1990]
* [GAO Lian-Ming, LI De-Zhu, ZHANG Chang-Qin, YANG Jun-Bo. Infrageneric and Sectional Relationships in the Genus Rhododendron (Ericaceae) Inferred from ITS Sequence Data. Am Botanica Sinica 2002, 44(11) 1351-1356](http://www.jipb.net/pubsoft/content/2/2316/X010407(PS2).pdf)
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### Subdivisi

#### Azaleas
* Wilson EH, Rehder A. A MONOGRAPH OF AZALEAS RHODODENDRON SUBGENUS ANTHODENDRON. THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE April 15 1921. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM, No. 9 
* John L. Creech. An Embryological Study in the Rhododendron Subgenus Anthodendron Endl. Botanical Gazette Vol. 116, No. 3 (Mar., 1955), pp. 234-243

#### Tsutsusi
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* Powell, E. Ann, Kron, Kathleen A. Molecular systematics of Rhododendron subgenus Tsutsusi (Rhodoreae, Ericoideae, Ericaceae). ''Botany'' 2004: 147 
* K. A. Kron and E. A. Powell. MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF RHODODENDRON SUBGENUS TSUTSUSI (RHODOREAE, ERICOIDEAE, ERICACEAE) *Edinburgh Journal of Botany* Volume 66 Issue 1 March 2009, pp 81–95
* Yue-Jiao ZHANG, Xiao-Feng JIN, Bing-Yang DING and Jing-Ping ZHU. Pollen morphology of ''Rhododendron'' subgen. ''Tsutsusi'' and its systematic implications. ''Journal of Systematics and Evolution''. Volume 47, Issue 2, pages 123–138, March 2009
* Jin Xiao-Feng, Ding Bing-Yang, Zhang Yue-Jiao, and Hong De-Yuan. A Taxonomic Revision Of *Rhododendron* subg. *Tsutsusi* sect. *Brachycalyx* (Ericaceae). *Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden* 97(2):163-190. 2010 

#### Vireya
* Sleumer, Hermann Otto. An account of rhododendron in Malesia. P. Noordhoff, Groningen 1966
* David G. Leach. The Discovery of the Malaysian Rhododendrons. ''JARS Volume'' 32, Number 1 Winter 1978
* Argent, G. *Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya*. 2006. Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 1-902896-61-0
* [Gillian K. Brown, Lyn A. Craven, Frank Udovicic and Pauline Y. Ladiges. Phylogenetic relationships of Rhododendron section Vireya (Ericaceae) inferred from the ITS nrDNA region. ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 19, 329–342. August 2006. 10.1071/SB05019](http://www.researchgate.net/publication/235601539_Phylogenetic_relationships_of_Rhododendron_section_Vireya_(Ericaceae)_inferred_from_the_ITS_nrDNA_region/file/72e7e51e347034a1c1.pdf)
* Hall, B.D., L.A. Craven & L.A. Goetsch. 2006. The taxonomy of subsection Pseudovireya – two distinctly different taxa within subsection Pseudovireya and their relation to the rooting of section Vireya within subgenus Rhododendron. *Rhododendron* Sp. 1: 72, 91–97
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* Peter Adams. Evolution, Adaptive Radiation and Vireya Rhododendrons - Part I. JARS FALL 2012 pp. 201-3 
* Peter Adams. Evolution, Adaptive Radiation and Vireya Rhododendrons - Part I. JARS SPRING 2013 pp. 74-76 
* Biodiversity of the Vireya group of ''Rhododendron'' L. (Ericaceae) collections in New Zealand and their potential contribution to international conservation. Fayaz A. PhD Thesis, Department of Plant Science, Massey University, New Zealand. 2012

#### Genera terpisah
* Craven, L.A. ''Diplarche'' and ''Menziesia'' transferred to ''Rhododendron'' (''Ericaceae'') *Blumea* Volume 56, Number 1, April 2011, pp.&nbsp;33–35

## Sumber Tambahan
Records of the Rhododendron Society of America reside at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.

## Pranala luar

* History of Rhododendron Discovery & Culture
* Rhododendrons from Turkey, Anatolia 
* Danish Genebank Rhododendron
* 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  

### Basis data
* http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RHODO
* http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=23700

### Flora
* Flora of China: ''Rhododendron''
* Flora of North America: ''Rhododendron'' 

### Perhimpunan Rhododendron
* American Rhododendron Society
** Journal of the American Rhododendron Society (JARS) 1947-1996
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* 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

### Taman botani
* Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Rhododendron Publications