Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi

Rhododendron subsection Tsutsusi is a subsection of the genus Rhododendron, in section Tsutsusi, subgenus Azaleastrum, consisting of 66 species of Azaleas.

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
Species

See text

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]

ImageNameDistribution
Rhododendron breviperulatum Hayata 1913Taiwan
Rhododendron eriocarpum (Hayata) Nakai 1922Japan (Kyushu) to Nansei-shoto (Uotsuri-Jima)
Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet 1830Japan (W. & Central Honshu, Kyushu)
Rhododendron kaempferi Planch. 1853Japan
Rhododendron kiusianum Makino 1914Japan (Kyushu)
Rhododendron mucronatum (Blume) G.Don 1834Japan
Rhododendron nakaharae Hayata 1908northern Taiwan
Rhododendron oldhamii Maxim. 1871Taiwan
Rhododendron rubropilosum Hayata 1911Central Taiwan
Rhododendron scabrum G.Don 1834Nansei-shoto
Rhododendron serpyllifolium (A.Gray) Miq. 1866Japan(Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku,)
Rhododendron simsii Planch. 1853China, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
Rhododendron stenopetalum (R.Hogg) Mabb. 1990Japan
Rhododendron subsessile Rendle 1896Philippines.
Rhododendron tosaense Makino 1892Japan (SW. Honshu, S. Shikoku, E. Kyushu)
Rhododendron tschonoskii Maxim. 1870Japan, Kuril Is., Sakhalin
Rhododendron tsusiophyllum Sugim. 1956Japan
Rhododendron yedoense Maxim. ex Regel 1886China (Yunnan) to N. Myanmar, Korea, S. Japan

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