Rhodoleia is a genus of plants in the family Hamamelidaceae. It includes six species which range from southern China to northern Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. Together with its sister genus Exbucklandia, Rhodoleia forms the sister clade to the other 25 genera of Hamamelidaceae.Li, J.-H., A. L. Bogle, and A. S. Klein. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of the Hamamelidaceae inferred from sequences of internal transcribed spaces (ITS) of nuclear ribosome DNA. Am. J. Bot. 86: 1027–1037. Flowers of Rhodoleia are bird-pollinated. Nectar-foraging birds including Japanese white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus, Zosteropidae) and fork-tailed sunbirds (Aethopyga christinae, Nectariniidae), avidly visit the flowers, which they also pollinate in the process.Gu, L., Z. Luo, D. Zhang, and S. S. Renner. 2010. Passerine pollination of Rhodoleia championii (Hamamelidaceae) in subtropical China. Biotropica 42(3): 336–341.
Species Six species are accepted. Rhodoleia championii Rhodoleia forrestii Rhodoleia henryi Rhodoleia macrocarpa Rhodoleia parvipetala Rhodoleia stenopetala
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External links Flora of China