Menziesia Explained

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]

Species

• 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

Bibliography

• Book: Pink, A. . Gardening for the Million. 2004 . Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

Notes and References

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 . . 30 . 3 . 616–626 . 10.1600/0363644054782170. 51949019.
2. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea/2011/00000056/00000001/art00010 Craven, L.A. Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Blumea 56 (1), April 2011, pp. 33-35(3)