Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx

Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx
Rhododendron farrerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Ericoideae
Genus: Rhododendron
Subgenus: Azaleastrum
Section: Tsutsusi
Subsection: Brachycalx
Sweet
Type species
Rhododendron farrerae
Sweet[1]
Species

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Rhododendron subsection Brachycalyx is a subsection of the genus Rhododendron, in section Tsutsusi, subgenus Azaleastrum, consisting of fifteen species of Azaleas from Asia.

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]

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