Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx
Rhododendron farrerae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum
Section: Rhododendron sect. Tsutsusi
Subsection: Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx
Sweet
Type species
Rhododendron farrerae
Species

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Rhododendron subsection Brachycalyx is a subsection of the genus Rhododendron, in section Tsutsusi, subgenus Azaleastrum, consisting of fifteen species of Azaleas from Asia.

Description

Leaves deciduous, pseudoverticillate, rhombic, crowded at the shoot apex and monomorphic, hairs usually confined to axils.

Taxonomy

The section Brachcalyx was first proposed by JC Tate[2] based on the Chinese Rhododendron farrerae, and described by Robert Sweet in 1831, in The British Flower Garden.[1][3]

Species;[4][5]

  • Rhododendron amagianum
  • Rhododendron decandrum
  • Rhododendron dilatatum
  • Rhododendron farrerae
  • Rhododendron hidakanum
  • Rhododendron kiyosumense
  • Rhododendron lagopus
  • Rhododendron mariesii
  • Rhododendron mayebarae
  • Rhododendron nudipes
  • Rhododendron reticulatum
  • Rhododendron sanctum
  • Rhododendron tashiroi
  • Rhododendron viscistylum
  • Rhododendron wadanum
  • Rhododendron weyrichii

References

  1. 1 2 Sweet R. The British Flower Garden. Ser. 2, 1: 95 Ridgway, London (1831)
  2. James Charles Tate, Nurseryman at Sloane Square, founder of the Nursery and Botanic Garden and importer of Rhododendrons. British History Online: Farm Gardening and Market Gardening
  3. Xiao-Feng, Jin; Bing-Yang, Ding; Yue-Jiao, Zhang; De-Yuan, Hong (2010). "A Taxonomic Revision Of Rhododendron subg. Tsutsusi sect. Brachycalyx (Ericaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 97 (2): 163–190. doi:10.3417/2007139. S2CID 86507576.
  4. "Genus Rhododendron Taxonomic Tree". American Rhododendron Society. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. 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

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