Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx

Rhododendron subsection Brachycalyx is a subsection of the genus Rhododendron, in section Tsutsusi, subgenus Azaleastrum, consisting of fifteen species of azaleas from Asia.

Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx
Rhododendron farrerae
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. Brachycalyx
Sweet
Type species
Rhododendron farrerae
Species

See text

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]

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

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