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]
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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- ^ 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.
- ^ Craven, L.A. Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Blumea 56 (1), April 2011, pp. 33-35(3)
Bibliography
edit- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
- Cox, Kenneth (2016). "Rhododendrons formerly known as Menziesia". The Plantsman. New Series. 15 (1): 52–57.