Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum

Subgenus of flowering plants

Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum
Rhododendron leptothrium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum
Planch.
Type species
Rhododendron ovatum
Sections
  • Azaleastrum
  • Sciadorhodion
  • Tsutsusi

Rhododendron subgenus Azaleastrum is a subgenus of the genus Rhododendron.[1]

The subgenus included two sections, however in 2005, Choniastrum was elevated to subgenus rank, but sections Sciadorhodion and Tsutsusi were added, providing a new total of three sections.[2]

  • Azaleastrum sect. Azaleastrum (4 species)
  • Azaleastrum sect. Sciadorhodion
  • Azaleastrum sect. Tsutsusi (81 species)

References

  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 51949019.

Bibliography

  • Wilson EH, Rehder A. A MONOGRAPH OF AZALEAS RHODODENDRON SUBGENUS ANTHODENDRON. THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE April 15 1921. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM, No. 9
  • 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. doi:10.3767/000651908X608070.
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Subgenera, sections and species of genus Rhododendron, according to morphological (Chamberlain) and phylogenetic (Goetsch, Craven) schemes
Chamberlain (1996)
Rhododendron
  • Pogonathum
  • Rhododendron
  • Vireya
Hymenanthes
  • Ponticum
Pentanthera
  • Pentanthera
  • Rhodora
  • Sciadorhodion
  • Viscidula
Tsutsusi
  • Brachycalyx
  • Tsutsusi
Azaleastrum
  • Azaleastrum
  • Choniastrum
Candidastrum
  • R. albiflorum
Mumeazalea
R. semibarbatum
Therorhodion
  • R. camtschaticum
  • R. redowskianun
Goetsch (2005)
Craven (2008)
Rhododendron
  • Discovireya
  • Pogonathum
  • Pseudovireya
  • Rhododendron
  • Vireya
Choniastrum
  • 11 species
Hymenanthes
  • Ponticum
  • Pentanthera
Azaleastrum
Therorhodion
  • R. camtschaticum
  • R. redowskianun
Taxon identifiers
Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum


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