Biology:Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx

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Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx
Luehdorfia japonica on Rhododendron farrerae s4.jpg
Rhododendron farrerae
Scientific classification
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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. Brachycalyx
Sweet
Type species
Rhododendron farrerae
Sweet[1]
Species

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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]

Image Name Distribution
Rhododendron amagianum (Makino) Makino ex H.Hara 1948 Japan (C. Honshu)
120px Rhododendron dilatatum Miq. 1863 Japan
120px Rhododendron farrerae Sweet 1831 S. China.
Rhododendron hidakanum H.Hara 1974 Japan
120px Rhododendron kiyosumense (Makino) Makino 1931 Japan (Honshu)
120px Rhododendron lagopus Nakai 1926 Japan (Honshu, Shikoku)
120px Rhododendron mariesii Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson 1907 China, Taiwan
Rhododendron mayebarae Nakai & H.Hara 1935 Japan (Kyushu)
120px Rhododendron nudipes Nakai 1926 Japan (Kyushu)
120px Rhododendron reticulatum D.Don ex G.Don 1834 Central & S. Japan
120px Rhododendron sanctum Nakai 1932 Japan (C. Honshu)
120px Rhododendron tashiroi Maxim. 1886 Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
Rhododendron viscistylum Nakai 1935 Japan (S. Kyushu)
120px Rhododendron wadanum Makino 1917 Japan (C. Honshu)
120px Rhododendron weyrichii Maxim. 1871 Japan, Korea

References

Bibliography

External links

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