Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx

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

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
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Type species
Rhododendron farrerae
Species

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Description

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

Taxonomy

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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]

Image Name Distribution
Rhododendron amagianum (Makino) Makino ex H.Hara 1948 Japan (C. Honshu)
  Rhododendron dilatatum Miq. 1863 Japan
  Rhododendron farrerae Sweet 1831 S. China.
Rhododendron hidakanum H.Hara 1974 Japan
  Rhododendron kiyosumense (Makino) Makino 1931 Japan (Honshu)
  Rhododendron lagopus Nakai 1926 Japan (Honshu, Shikoku)
  Rhododendron mariesii Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson 1907 China, Taiwan
Rhododendron mayebarae Nakai & H.Hara 1935 Japan (Kyushu)
  Rhododendron nudipes Nakai 1926 Japan (Kyushu)
  Rhododendron reticulatum D.Don ex G.Don 1834 Central & S. Japan
  Rhododendron sanctum Nakai 1932 Japan (C. Honshu)
  Rhododendron tashiroi Maxim. 1886 Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
Rhododendron viscistylum Nakai 1935 Japan (S. Kyushu)
  Rhododendron wadanum Makino 1917 Japan (C. Honshu)
  Rhododendron weyrichii Maxim. 1871 Japan, Korea

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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