Menziesia

Summary

Menziesia was a genus of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. More recently it has been reclassified within the genus Rhododendron.[1] it was formally transferred in 2011.[2]

Rhododendron multiflorum, formerly Menziesia multiflora

Species edit

  • Menziesia ciliicalyx (Miq.) Maxim. = Rhododendron benhallii
  • Menziesia ferruginea Sm. = Rhododendron menziesii - False azalea or Fool's huckleberry
    • Menziesia glabella A.Gray = Rhododendron menziesii subsp. glabellum
  • Menziesia multiflora Maxim. = Rhododendron multiflorum
  • Menziesia pilosa Michx. ex Lam. = Rhododendron pilosum - Minnie bush; Allegheny menziesia
  • Menziesia katsumatae M.Tash. & H.Hatta. = Rhododendron katsumatae
  • Menziesia purpurea Maxim. Rhododendron kroniae
  • Menziesia pentandra Maxim. = Rhododendron pentandrum
  • Menziesia yakushimensis M.Tash. & H.Hatta = Rhododendron yakushimense
  • Menziesia goyozanensis M.Kikuchi = Rhododendron goyozanense

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Craven, L.A. Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Blumea 56 (1), April 2011, pp. 33-35(3)

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