Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx

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

Rhododendron subsect. Brachycalyx
Rhododendron farrerae
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. Brachycalyx Sweet
Type species
Rhododendron farrerae Sweet[1]
Species
See text

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]

Species;^[4][5]

Image	Name	Distribution
	Rhododendron amagianum (Makino) Makino ex H.Hara 1948	Japan (C. Honshu)
	Rhododendron dilatatum Miq. 1863	Japan
	Rhododendron farrerae Sweet 1831	S. China.
	Rhododendron hidakanum H.Hara 1974	Japan
	Rhododendron kiyosumense (Makino) Makino 1931	Japan (Honshu)
	Rhododendron lagopus Nakai 1926	Japan (Honshu, Shikoku)
	Rhododendron mariesii Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson 1907	China, Taiwan
	Rhododendron mayebarae Nakai & H.Hara 1935	Japan (Kyushu)
	Rhododendron nudipes Nakai 1926	Japan (Kyushu)
	Rhododendron reticulatum D.Don ex G.Don 1834	Central & S. Japan
	Rhododendron sanctum Nakai 1932	Japan (C. Honshu)
	Rhododendron tashiroi Maxim. 1886	Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
	Rhododendron viscistylum Nakai 1935	Japan (S. Kyushu)
	Rhododendron wadanum Makino 1917	Japan (C. Honshu)
	Rhododendron weyrichii Maxim. 1871	Japan, Korea