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
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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]

  • Rhododendron amagianum
  • Rhododendron decandrum
  • Rhododendron dilatatum
  • Rhododendron farrerae
  • Rhododendron hidakanum
  • Rhododendron kiyosumense
  • Rhododendron lagopus
  • Rhododendron mariesii
  • Rhododendron mayebarae
  • Rhododendron nudipes
  • Rhododendron reticulatum
  • Rhododendron sanctum
  • Rhododendron tashiroi
  • Rhododendron viscistylum
  • Rhododendron wadanum
  • Rhododendron weyrichii
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