Rhododendron subg. Choniastrum

Rhododendron subg. Choniastrum is a subgenus of the genus Rhododendron, originally a section of subgenus Azaleastrum it was elevated to subgenus rank after cladistic analysis revealed that together with Rhododendron it formed a major clade, distinct from other sections of Azaleastrum.

Species

The subgenus includes twenty species, including;

Image	Name	Distribution
	Rhododendron cavaleriei	China, Vietnam
	Rhododendron championiae	China
	Rhododendron dayaoshanense	China
	Rhododendron feddei	China
	Rhododendron hancockii	China
	Rhododendron henryi	China, Taiwan
	Rhododendron huguangense	China
	Rhododendron latoucheae	China, Nansei-shoto to Taiwan
	Rhododendron longilobum	China
	Rhododendron mackenzianum	China, Myanmar
	Rhododendron mitriforme	China
	Rhododendron moulmainense	China India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand
	Rhododendron stamineum	China
	Rhododendron subestipitatum	China
	Rhododendron taiense	Thailand
	Rhododendron taishunense	China
	Rhododendron truncatovarium	China
	Rhododendron tutcherae	China
	Rhododendron vaniotii	China
	Rhododendron westlandii	China