Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi explained
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.
Taxonomy
For etymology, see section Tsutsusi.
Species
Selected species include;
| Image | Name | Distribution |
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| Rhododendron breviperulatum | Taiwan |
| Rhododendron eriocarpum | Japan (Kyushu) to Nansei-shoto (Uotsuri-Jima) |
| Rhododendron indicum | Japan (W. & Central Honshu, Kyushu) |
| Rhododendron kaempferi | Japan |
| Rhododendron kiusianum | Japan (Kyushu) |
| Rhododendron mucronatum | Japan |
| Rhododendron nakaharae | northern Taiwan |
| Rhododendron oldhamii | Taiwan |
| Rhododendron rubropilosum | Central Taiwan |
| Rhododendron scabrum | Nansei-shoto |
| Rhododendron serpyllifolium | Japan(Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku,) |
| Rhododendron simsii | China, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam |
| Rhododendron stenopetalum | Japan |
| Rhododendron subsessile | Philippines. |
| Rhododendron tosaense | Japan (SW. Honshu, S. Shikoku, E. Kyushu) |
| Rhododendron tschonoskii | Japan, Kuril Is., Sakhalin |
| Rhododendron tsusiophyllum | Japan |
| Rhododendron yedoense | China (Yunnan) to N. Myanmar, Korea, S. Japan |
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Bibliography
- Loretta Goetsch, Andrew Eckert and Benjamin Hall. Classification of genus Rhododendron. 2005 Annual ARS Convention
- Book: Chamberlain. DF. Hyam R. Argent G. Fairweather G. Walter KS. The genus Rhododendron: its classification and synonymy. 1996. Royal Botanic gardens Edinburgh. 1-872291-66-X. July 3, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144955/http://www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/publications/publications-catalogue/botanical-publications/rhododendron-publications. July 14, 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 . . 30 . 3 . 616–626 . 10.1600/0363644054782170. 51949019.
- 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 . 2. 89–200 . 10.1017/S096042860000319X . free .
- 10.3767/000651908X608070 . Classification of the Vireya group of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) . 2008 . Craven . L.A. . Goetsch . L.A. . Hall . B.D. . Brown . G.K. . Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants . 53 . 2 . 435–442.
- Yue-Jiao . ZHANG . Xiao-Feng . JIN . Bing-Yang . DING . Jing-Ping . ZHU . 2009. Pollen morphology of Rhododendron subgen. Tsutsusi and its systematic implications . Journal of Systematics and Evolution . 47 . 2. 123–138 . 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00011.x. 86594487 .
- 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 . 10.3417/2007139 . 86507576 .
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