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Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi

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Rhododendron subsect. Tsutsusi
Rhododendron indicum
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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. Tsutsusi
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Type species
Rhododendron indicum
Species

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

Description

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Leaves generally deciduous but some apical leaves over winter and are dimorphic, young twigs with flattened multicellular hairs that are widely distributed.[2]

Taxonomy

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For etymology, see section Tsutsusi.

Species

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Selected species include;[2][3]

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

References

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  1. ^ Sweet R. The British Flower Garden. Ser. 2, 1: 95 Ridgway, London (1831)
  2. ^ a b Kron, A.; Powell, E. A. (2009). "Molecular Systematics of Rhododendron Subgenus Tsutsusi (Rhodoreae, Ericoideae, Ericaceae)". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 66 (1): 81–95. doi:10.1017/s0960428609005071.
  3. ^ "Genus Rhododendron Taxonomic Tree". American Rhododendron Society. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

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