Biology:Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi

Short description: Group of shrubs

Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi
Rhododendron indicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
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 (L.) Sweet
Species
See text

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;

• 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

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. http://www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/publications/publications-catalogue/botanical-publications/rhododendron-publications. 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. 
• 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. http://2004.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=147. 
• Chamberlain, DF (1990). "A revision of Rhododendron. IV Subgenus Tsutsusi". Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47 (2): 89–200. doi:10.1017/S096042860000319X. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231958128. 
• 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. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525519. 
• 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. doi:10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00011.x. 
• 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. 

External links

• Flora of China
• Flora Republica Popularis Sinicae
• Tropicos, see also Section Tsutsusi
• "Genus Rhododendron Taxonomic Tree". American Rhododendron Society. http://www.rhododendron.org/taxonomictree.asp. 

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