Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi

Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi
Rhododendron indicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Subfamily:	Ericoideae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Subgenus:	Azaleastrum
Section:	Tsutsusi
Subsection:	Tsutsusi Sweet
Type species
Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet[1]
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.^[2]

Taxonomy

For etymology, see section Tsutsusi.

Species

Selected species include;^[2][3]

• 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

References

1. Sweet R. The British Flower Garden. Ser. 2, 1: 95 Ridgway, London (1831)
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
• 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. 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. 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.

External links

• Flora of China
• Flora Republica Popularis Sinicae
• Tropicos, see also Section Tsutsusi
• "Genus Rhododendron Taxonomic Tree". American Rhododendron Society. Retrieved 18 June 2014.