''Rhododendron'' subsect. ''Tsutsusi''

Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi
Rhododendron indicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Ericales
Family:Ericaceae
Genus:Rhododendron
Subgenus:Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum
Section:Rhododendron sect. Tsutsusi
Subsection:Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi
Sweet
Type species
Rhododendron indicum
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]

References

  1. ↑ Sweet R. The British Flower Garden. Ser. 2, 1: 95 Ridgway, London (1831)
  2. 1 2 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
  3. ↑ "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
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  • 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, ZHU. "Pollen morphology of 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.
  • 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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