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 | |
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| 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 | |
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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]
- Rhododendron breviperulatum
 - Rhododendron eriocarpum
 - Rhododendron indicum
 - Rhododendron kaempferi
 - Rhododendron kiusianum
 - Rhododendron mucronatum
 - Rhododendron nakaharae
 - Rhododendron oldhamii
 - Rhododendron rubropilosum
 - Rhododendron scabrum
 - Rhododendron serpyllifolium
 - Rhododendron simsii
 - Rhododendron stenopetalum
 - Rhododendron subsessile
 - Rhododendron tosaense
 - Rhododendron tschonoskii
 - Rhododendron tsusiophyllum
 - Rhododendron yedoense
 
References
    
- Sweet R. The British Flower Garden. Ser. 2, 1: 95 Ridgway, London (1831)
 - 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.
 - "Genus Rhododendron Taxonomic Tree". American Rhododendron Society. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
 
Bibliography
    
- Loretta Goetsch, Andrew Eckert and Benjamin Hall. Classification of genus Rhododendron. 2005 Annual ARS Convention
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - Pojarkova AI, in Schischkin & Bobrov, Flora URSS. 18: 55. 1952.
 - Powell, Kron; Ann, E.; Kathleen, A. "Molecular systematics of Rhododendron subgenus Tsutsusi (Rhodoreae, Ericoideae, Ericaceae)". Botany. 2004: 147.
 - Chamberlain, DF (1990). "A revision of Rhododendron. IV Subgenus Tsutsusi". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 47 (2): 89–200. doi:10.1017/S096042860000319X.
 - 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): 435–442. doi:10.3767/000651908X608070.
 - Yue-Jiao, ZHANG; Xiao-Feng, JIN; Bing-Yang, DING; Jing-Ping, ZHU (2009). "Pollen morphology of Rhododendron subgen. Tsutsusi and its systematic implications". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 47 (2): 123–138. doi:10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00011.x. S2CID 86594487.
 - Xiao-Feng, Jin; Bing-Yang, Ding; Yue-Jiao, Zhang; De-Yuan, Hong (2010). "A Taxonomic Revision Of Rhododendron subg. Tsutsusi sect. Brachycalyx (Ericaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 97 (2): 163–190. doi:10.3417/2007139. S2CID 86507576.
 
External links
    
- Flora of China
 - Flora Republica Popularis Sinicae
 - Tropicos, see also Section Tsutsusi
 - "Genus Rhododendron Taxonomic Tree". American Rhododendron Society. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
 
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