Classification of the Vireya group of Rhododendron (Ericaceae)

2008/10/29 by L.A. Craven, Loretta Goetsch, B. D. Hall +1 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.3767/000651908x608070

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Abstract

A new classification of the Vireya group of Rhododendron, based upon their evolutionary relationships as inferred from analysis of nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data, is presented. Rhododendron sect. Vireya is not monophyletic and its species are herein placed in three sections within subg. Rhododendron, namely sect. Discovireya, sect. Pseudovireya and sect. Vireya, with two subsections recognised within sect. Vireya: subsect. Euvireya and subsect. Malayovireya. Identification keys are provided.

Citations

• Phylogenetic relationships of Rhododendron section Vireya (Ericaceae) inferred from the ITS nrDNA region
• The Molecular Systematics of <I>Rhododendron</I> (Ericaceae): A Phylogeny Based Upon <I>RPB2</I> Gene Sequences

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