Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx

Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx
Rhododendron farrerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Subfamily:	Ericoideae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Subgenus:	Azaleastrum
Section:	Tsutsusi
Subsection:	Brachycalx Sweet
Type species
Rhododendron farrerae Sweet[1]
Species
See text

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. 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.
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

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, Kron; Ann, E.; Kathleen, A. "Molecular systematics of Rhododendron subgenus Tsutsusi (Rhodoreae, Ericoideae, Ericaceae)". Botany 2004: 147.
• Chamberlain, DF (1990). "A revision of Rhododendron. IV Subgenus Tsutsusi". Edinburgh Journal of Botany 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): 435–442. doi:10.3767/000651908X608070.
• Yue-Jiao, ZHANG; Xiao-Feng, JIN; Bing-Yang, DING; Jing-Ping. "Rhododendron subgen. Tsutsusi and its systematic implications". Journal of Systematics and Evolution 47 (2): 123–138. doi:10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00011.x.
• Xiao-Feng, Jin; Bing-Yang, Ding; Yue-Jiao, Zhang; De-Yuan, Hong. "A Taxonomic Revision Of Rhododendron subg. Tsutsusi sect. Brachycalyx (Ericaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97 (2): 163–190. doi: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.