What is "menziesia"

Menziesia \Menziesia\ prop. n. A genus of deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia.

Syn: genus Menziesia.

Menziesia was a genus of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. More recently it has been reclassified within the genus Rhododendron. it was formally transferred in 2011 (Craven 2011).

• Menziesia ciliicalyx (Miq.) Maxim. (1871) 10. = Rhododendron benhallii Craven
• Menziesia ferruginea Sm., Pl. Icon. Ined. 3 (1791) t. 56. = Rhododendron menziesii Craven - False azalea or Fool's huckleberry
  • Menziesia glabella A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer., ed. 2 (1878) 39. = Rhododendron menziesii subsp. glabellum (A.Gray) Craven
• Menziesia multiflora Maxim., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 16, 9 (1871) 11. = Rhododendron multiflorum (Maxim.) Craven
  • Rhododendron multiflorum forma bicolor (Makino) Craven
  • Rhododendron multiflorum forma brevicalyx (Hiyama) Craven
  • Rhododendron multiflorum var. purpureum (Makino) Craven
• Menziesia pilosa = Rhododendron pilosum (Michx. ex Lam.) Craven - Minnie bush; Allegheny menziesia
• Rhododendron × kamatae (Mochizuki) Craven
• Menziesia katsumatae M.Tash. & H.Hatta, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 99 (1986) 29. = Rhododendron katsumatae (M.Tash. & H.Hatta) Craven
• Menziesia purpurea Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 11 (1867) 431. Rhododendron kroniae Craven
• Menziesia pentandra Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 11 (1867) 431. = Rhododendron pentandrum (Maxim.) Craven
• Menziesia yakushimensis M.Tash. & H.Hatta, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 99 (1986) 33. = Rhododendron yakushimense (M.Tash. & H.Hatta) Craven
• Menziesia goyozanensis M.Kikuchi, J. Jap. Bot. 37 (1962) 355.= Rhododendron goyozanense (M.Kikuchi) Craven