Menziesia

Menziesia
Rhododendron multiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Menziesia Sm. (1791) t. 56.
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Rhododendron

Menziesia was a genus of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. More recently it has been reclassified within the genus Rhododendron. ^[1] it was formally transferred in 2011 (Craven 2011), and many species renamed, as existing species names were already used within Rhododendron.

Species 

• Menziesia ciliicalyx (Miq.) Maxim. (1871) 10. = Rhododendron benhallii Craven, nom. nov.
• Menziesia ferruginea Sm., Pl. Icon. Ined. 3 (1791) t. 56. = Rhododendron menziesii Craven, nom. nov. - False azalea or Fool's huckleberry
  • Menziesia glabella A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer., ed. 2 (1878) 39. = Rhododendron menziesii subsp. glabellum (A.Gray) Craven, comb. nov.
• Menziesia multiflora Maxim., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 16, 9 (1871) 11. = Rhododendron multiflorum (Maxim.) Craven, comb. nov.
  • Rhododendron multiflorum forma bicolor (Makino) Craven, comb. nov.
  • Rhododendron multiflorum forma brevicalyx (Hiyama) Craven, comb. nov.
  • Rhododendron multiflorum var. purpureum (Makino) Craven, comb. nov.
• Menziesia pilosa = Rhododendron pilosum (Michx. ex Lam.) Craven, comb. nov. - Minnie bush; Allegheny menziesia
• Rhododendron × kamatae (Mochizuki) Craven, comb. nov.
• Menziesia katsumatae M.Tash. & H.Hatta, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 99 (1986) 29. = Rhododendron katsumatae (M.Tash. & H.Hatta) Craven, comb. nov.
• Menziesia purpurea Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 11 (1867) 431. Rhododendron kroniae Craven, nom. nov.
• Menziesia pentandra Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 11 (1867) 431. = Rhododendron pentandrum (Maxim.) Craven, comb. nov.
• Menziesia yakushimensis M.Tash. & H.Hatta, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 99 (1986) 33. = Rhododendron yakushimense (M.Tash. & H.Hatta) Craven, comb. nov.
• Menziesia goyozanensis M.Kikuchi, J. Jap. Bot. 37 (1962) 355.= Rhododendron goyozanense (M.Kikuchi) Craven, comb. nov.

References

1. 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.

Bibliography

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
• Craven, L.A. Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Blumea Volume 56, Number 1, April 2011, pp. 33-35(3)