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Agapetes

Agapetes
Agapetes serpens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Vaccinioideae
Tribe: Vaccinieae
Genus: Agapetes
G.Don
Type species
Agapetes setigera D. Don ex G. Don[1]

Agapetes (Gk. ἀγαπητός (agapetos) = 'beloved') [2] is a semi-climbing shrub genus native to the Himalayas, grown as an ornamental for its attractive pendulous bunches of red tubular flowers blooming over a long period. It is mostly grown in climates from cool temperate to sub-tropical. Propagation is from cuttings. As of 2018, The Plant List listed 245 species names published in Agapetes, of which 147 were accepted.[3]

Taxonomy

It was validly published by George Don in 1834 based on previous work by David Don. The lectotype species Agapetes setigera D. Don ex G. Don was designated in 1871.[1]

Species

Species as of 2020 from eflora China[4] and Plants of the world[5]

Image Name Distribution
Agapetes aborensis China ( Xizang)
Agapetes acuminata Assam (Meghalaya) to Myanmar.
Agapetes adenobotrys N. Myanmar.
Agapetes affinis E. Himalaya to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes angulata China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar
Agapetes angustifolia Myanmar
Agapetes anonyma China (Xizang)
Agapetes arunachalensis Arunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes atrosanguinea Arunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes auriculata E. Himalaya to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes bhareliana Arunachal Pradesh to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes bhutanica S. Bhutan to Darjiling.
Agapetes borii Assam (Manipur, Nagaland).
Agapetes brachypoda China (Yunnan)
Agapetes bracteata Myanmar, SE. Thailand, Vietnam.
Agapetes brandisiana China (Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes brevipedicellata Myanmar.
Agapetes burmanica China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes buxifolia China (Xizang), India
Agapetes camelliifolia China (Xizang)
Agapetes campanulata Assam to Myanmar.
Agapetes cauliflora Vietnam.
Agapetes chapaensis Vietnam.
Agapetes ciliata China (Xizang)
Agapetes dalaiensis Arunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes discolor China (Xizang), India
Agapetes dispar Bangladesh to Myanmar.
Agapetes epacridea China (Xizang), Myanmar
Agapetes fasciculiflora Myanmar.
Agapetes flava China (Xizang), India
Agapetes forrestii China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes graciliflora China (Xizang), Myanmar
Agapetes griffithii China (Xizang), India
Agapetes guangxiensis China (Guangxi)
Agapetes haemantha Myanmar.
Agapetes hillii Arunachal Pradesh to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes hookeri Nepal to Bhutan.
Agapetes hosseana S. Myanmar to Laos.
Agapetes huangiana China (Mêdog, Tibet) [6]
Agapetes hyalocheilos China (Xizang), Myanmar
Agapetes incurvata China (SE Xizang), Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Sikkim, Nepal
Agapetes inopinata China (Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes interdicta China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes kanjilali Assam (Lakhimpur).
Agapetes kingdonis Arunachal Pradesh to Myanmar.
Agapetes lacei China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes leiocarpa China (Xizang)
Agapetes leucocarpa Arunachal Pradesh to China (Xizang)
Agapetes lihengiana China (Yunnan)
Agapetes linearifolia China (Xizang)
Agapetes listeri China (Xizang), Bhutan, India
Agapetes lobbii China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar, Thailand
Agapetes loranthiflora Bangladesh to Thailand.
Agapetes macrantha Assam to Myanmar.
Agapetes macrophylla China (SE Xizang), Bangladesh
Agapetes macrostemon Myanmar to N. Thailand.
Agapetes malipoensis China (Yunnan), Vietnam
Agapetes mannii China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand
Agapetes marginata China (Xizang)
Agapetes medogensis China (Xizang)
Agapetes megacarpa China (Yunnan), Thailand
Agapetes miniata China (Xizang), India
Agapetes miranda China (Xizang), India
Agapetes mitrarioides China (Xizang)
Agapetes mondangensis China (Yunnan).
Agapetes moorei Myanmar to Thailand.
Agapetes nana Assam (Nagaland) to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes neriifolia China (Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes nutans China (Xizang), India
Agapetes nuttallii Bhutan to Arunachal Pradesh
Agapetes oblonga China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes obovata China (Yunnan), India
Agapetes odontocera India
Agapetes oxycoccoides Myanmar
Agapetes pachyacme Myanmar
Agapetes parishii Assam (Nagaland) to Thailand
Agapetes pensilis China (Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes pentastigma Myanmar
Agapetes pilifera China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar, India
Agapetes polyantha Peninsula Malaysia.
Agapetes pottingeri N. Myanmar.
Agapetes praeclara China (Xizang)
Agapetes praestigiosa China (Xizang), India
Agapetes pseudogriffithii China (Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes pubiflora China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar
Agapetes putaoensis Myanmar.
Agapetes pyrolifolia China (Xizang, Yunnan, Myanmar)
Agapetes refracta China (Xizang)
Agapetes rubrobracteata China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), Vietnam
Agapetes rubropedicellata Myanmar.
Agapetes salicifolia China (SE Xizang),E. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam (Jaintia Hills).
Agapetes saligna Nepal to Myanmar.
Agapetes saxicola N. Thailand.
Agapetes scortechinii Assam, Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang).
Agapetes serpens China (Xizang), Bhutan, Nepal, India
Agapetes setigera Assam (Meghalaya) to Myanmar.
Agapetes siangensis Arunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes sikkimensis Nepal to Bhutan.
Agapetes smithiana Nepal to Bhutan.
Agapetes spissa China (SE Xizang)
Agapetes spissiformis Myanmar.
Agapetes subansirica Arunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes subsessilifolia China (Xizang)
Agapetes subvinacea Arunachal Pradesh to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes thailandica NW. Thailand.
Agapetes toppinii Myanmar.
Agapetes trianguli Myanmar.
Agapetes variegata Arunachal Pradesh to Bangladesh.
Agapetes velutina Vietnam.
Agapetes vernayana Myanmar.
Agapetes wardii Myanmar.
Agapetes xiana China (Xizang)
Agapetes yingjiangensis China (Yunnan)

Use

Horticulture

In the UK, the cultivar Agapetes 'Ludgvan Cross' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-b). Agapetes D. Don ex G. Don. Tropicos. Retrieved February 22, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40034016
  2. ^ Don, George (1834). "A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants, Comprising Complete Descriptions of the Different Orders; Together with the Characters of the Genera and Species, and an Enumeration of the Cultivated Varieties; Their Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture, and Uses in Medicine and Domestic Economy; the Scientific Names Accentuated, Their Etymologies Explained, and the Classes and Orders Illustrated by Engravings, and Preceded by Introductions to the Linnaean and Natural Systems, and a Glossary of the Terms Used: 3: Calyciflorae".
  3. ^ "Species in Agapetes". Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  4. ^ "Agapetes in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org Home. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  5. ^ "Agapetes D.Don ex G.Don - Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  6. ^ Bin Yang; Ji-Dong Ya; Yi-Hua Tong; et al. (2022). "Agapetes huangiana (Ericaceae), a new species from Southeast Xizang, China". Taiwania. 67 (2): 254–259. doi:10.6165/tai.2022.67.254.
  7. ^ "RHS Plantfinder – Agapetes 'Ludgvan Cross'". Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  • Ellison, Don (1999) Cultivated Plants of the World. London: New Holland (1st ed.: Brisbane: Flora Publications International, 1995).
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapetes