Rhododendron multiflorum (Menziesia ciliicalyx)

Menziesia ciliicalyx var. purpurella. Foto: Hans Eiberg

Menziesia ciliicalyx at Harbard and Lizzi. Foto: Hans Eiberg

Menziesia ciliicalyx 'Honsu Blue' Glendoick. Foto: Hans Eiberg

Menzesia ciliicalyx white-yellow form, Photo: Steve Hootman

Menzesia ciliicalyx hvidgul form hos RSBG, Foto: Steve Hootman Menziesia ciliicalyx. Photo: Hans Eiberg

Menziesia ciliicalyx, stamme. Foto: Hans Eiberg

Rhododendron multiflorum (Menziesia ciliicalyx)

Rhododendron multiflorum (Menziesia ciliicalyx) (?) En plante slægt som udfra DNA studier(ITS) er tættere på Rhododendron end R. camtchaticum (H. Eiberg 1997, 1999), og burde derfor høre til Rhododendron slægten. Også DNA undersøgelser af andre gener (Goetsch et al. 2005) har vist at denne slægt hører til Rhododendron. Den bør have sin egen sub. genus. I Flora of China er den endnu ikke placeret i slægten. H. Eiberg
Looks like a dwarf R. keysii

Ikke i ARS og Flora of China
Kew's Herbarium
Kew's Herbarium; M. purpurea

Hans Eiberg showed by DNA studies of ITS and MATK, already in 1997 and 1999 that Menzeisia belongs to the Rhododendron genus if R. camtschaticum does
Phylogenetics trees by H. Eiberg in 1997, 1999
Eiberg, Hans (1997) Rhododendronfamiliens stamtræ 2. Rhodo-Nyt 1: 14-18
Eiberg, Hans (1999) Rhododendronslægtens stamtræ. in Rhododendron i Danmark i 25 år page 186-199. Copenhagen.

Craven, L.A. (2011). Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Blumea 56: 33-35. Abstract: The genera Diplarche and Menziesia have been shown to be nested in Rhododendron based upon cladistic analyses of DNA data. Morphologically, the differences between Diplarche and Menziesia are not so great that their inclusion in Rhododendron is inappropriate and the species of these two genera are formally transferred to Rhododendron. The following new names are proposed: Rhododendron benhallii, R. chamberlainii, R. goyozanense, R. × kamatae, R. katsumatae, R. kroniae, R. menziesii, R. menziesii subsp. glabellum, R. multiflorum, R. multiflorum forma bicolor, R. multiflorum forma brevicalyx, R. multiflorum var. purpureum, R. pentandrum, R. pilosum, R. sophistarum, R. yakushimense.