{"id":1317,"date":"2011-07-25T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2014-11-09T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T10:55:08","slug":"eol-rhododendron-monographs-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/archives\/1317","title":{"rendered":"EOL Rhododendron Monographs &#8211; Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbge.org.uk\/\">Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh<\/a> has a history of research into the genus <em>Rhododendron<\/em> stretching back over 100 years. The legacy of this work is a herbarium that contains many type specimens, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbge.org.uk\/the-gardens\/rhododendrons\">amazing living collection<\/a> and a set of monographs that cover the whole genus. My contribution back in the 1990&#8217;s was via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/archives\/914\"> my PhD thesis<\/a> which looked at the use of emerging molecular techniques.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk of the work done on <em>Rhododendron<\/em> occurred just before the digital age kicked in and so the material is not integrated in a way that can be re-used and re-purposed. An example of this is what could be called <strong>The Edinburgh <em>Rhododendron<\/em> Monograph<\/strong> which covers 1,027 recognized species. This is actually spread over seven publications that came out over the course of 26 years in two journals and a book and is not available in a single form anywhere. The publications are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cullen (1980)<\/strong> Subgenus: <em>Rhododendron<\/em> Sections: <em>Rhododendron<\/em> &amp; <em>Pogonanthum<\/em> 231 species<\/li>\n<li><strong>Argent (2006)<\/strong> Subgenus: <em>Rhododendron<\/em> Section: <em>Vireya<\/em> 313 species<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chamberlain (1982)<\/strong> Subgenus: <em>Hymenanthes<\/em> Section: <em>Ponticum<\/em> 302 species<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chamberlain &amp; Rae (1990)<\/strong> Subgenus: <em>Tsutsusi<\/em> 117 species<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kron (1993)<\/strong> Subgenus: <em>Pentanthera<\/em> Section: <em>Pentanthera<\/em> 23 species<\/li>\n<li><strong>Judd &amp; Kron (1995)<\/strong> Subgenus: <em>Pentanthera<\/em> Sections: <em>Rhodora<\/em>, <em>Viscidula<\/em> &amp; <em>Sciadorhodion<\/em> 7 species<\/li>\n<li><strong>Philipson &amp; Philipson (1986)<\/strong> Subgenera: <em>Azaleastrum<\/em>, <em>Therorhodion<\/em>, <em>Mumeazalea<\/em> &amp; <em>Candidastrum<\/em> 34 species<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last year I was fortunate to be awarded a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eol.org\/\">Encylopedia of Life<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eol.org\/content\/page\/172\">Rubenstein Fellowship<\/a> to create a species page in the encyclopedia for each of the species covered by the Edinburgh monograph &#8211; the text of all seven publications now being available electronically in various forms. The award funds me for a total of 100 days to process the OCR&#8217;d or PDF text into the EOL transfer format and to link it in to as much additional data as possible. I hope to blog my experiences good and bad.<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Argent, G. (2006). Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya. Royal Horticultural Society, London.<\/li>\n<li>Chamberlain, D.F. (1982). A revision of Rhododendron. II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 39:209-486.<\/li>\n<li>Chamberlain, D.F. &amp; Rae, S.J. (1990). A revision of Rhododendron. IV. Subgenus Tustsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 47(2) 89-200.<\/li>\n<li>Cullen, J. (1980) Revision of Rhododendron. I. subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron and Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 39:1-207.<\/li>\n<li>Judd, W.S. &amp; Kron, W.S. (1995). A revision of Rhododendron sections Sciadorhodion, Rhodora and Viscidula. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 52:1-54<\/li>\n<li>Kron, K.A. (1993). A revision of Rhododendron section Pentanthera. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 50:249-364.<\/li>\n<li>Philipson, W.R. &amp; Philipson, M.N. (1986). A revision of Rhododendron. III subgenera Azaleastrum, Mumeazalea, Candidastrum and Therorhodion. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 44:1-23.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has a history of research into the genus Rhododendron stretching back over 100 years. The legacy of this work is a herbarium that contains many type specimens, an amazing living collection and a set of monographs that cover the whole genus. 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