Menziesia

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

• 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

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)

Bibliography

• 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.