Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi
| Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi | |
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| Rhododendron indicum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ericoideae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Subgenus: | Azaleastrum |
| Section: | Tsutsusi |
| Subsection: | Tsutsusi Sweet |
| Type species | |
| Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet[1] | |
| Species | |
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Rhododendron subsection Tsutsusi is a subsection of the genus Rhododendron, in section Tsutsusi, subgenus Azaleastrum, consisting of 66 species of Azaleas.
Description
Leaves generally deciduous but some apical leaves over winter and are dimorphic, young twigs with flattened multicellular hairs that are widely distributed.[2]
Taxonomy
For etymology, see section Tsutsusi.
Species
Selected species include;[2][3]
- Rhododendron breviperulatum
- Rhododendron eriocarpum
- Rhododendron indicum
- Rhododendron kaempferi
- Rhododendron kiusianum
- Rhododendron mucronatum
- Rhododendron nakaharae
- Rhododendron oldhamii
- Rhododendron rubropilosum
- Rhododendron scabrum
- Rhododendron serpyllifolium
- Rhododendron simsii
- Rhododendron stenopetalum
- Rhododendron subsessile
- Rhododendron tosaense
- Rhododendron tschonoskii
- Rhododendron tsusiophyllum
- Rhododendron yedoense
References
- ↑ Sweet R. The British Flower Garden. Ser. 2, 1: 95 Ridgway, London (1831)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ↑ "Genus Rhododendron Taxonomic Tree". American Rhododendron Society. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
Bibliography
- Loretta Goetsch, Andrew Eckert and Benjamin Hall. Classification of genus Rhododendron. 2005 Annual ARS Convention
- Chamberlain, DF; Hyam R; Argent G; Fairweather G; Walter KS (1996). The genus Rhododendron: its classification and synonymy. Royal Botanic gardens Edinburgh. ISBN 1 872291 66 X. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- Goetsch, Loretta A.; Eckert, Andrew J.; Hall, Benjamin D. (July–September 2005). "The molecular systematics of Rhododendron (Ericaceae): a phylogeny based upon RPB2 gene sequences". Systematic Botany 30 (3): 616–626. doi:10.1600/0363644054782170. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- Pojarkova AI, in Schischkin & Bobrov, Flora URSS. 18: 55. 1952.
- Powell, E. Ann, Kron, Kathleen A. Molecular systematics of Rhododendron subgenus Tsutsusi (Rhodoreae, Ericoideae, Ericaceae). Botany 2004: 147
- Chamberlain DF. A revision of Rhododendron. IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 06/1990; 47(02):89 - 200. DOI: 10.1017/S096042860000319X
- Craven, L.A.; Goetsch, L.A.; Hall, B.D.; Brown, G.K. (2008). "Classification of the Vireya group of Rhododendron (Ericaceae)". Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 53 (2): 435. doi:10.3767/000651908X608070.
- 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 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3417/2007139
External links
- Flora of China
- Flora Republica Popularis Sinicae
- Tropicos, see also Section Tsutsusi
- "Genus Rhododendron Taxonomic Tree". American Rhododendron Society. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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