Agapetes (Gk. ἀγαπητός (agapetos) = 'beloved') [1] 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.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
In the UK, the cultivar 'Ludgvan Cross' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
Species
editSpecies as of 2020 from eflora China[4] and Plants of the world[5]
| Image | Name | Distribution |
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| 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 | |
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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 | |
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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). | |
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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 | |
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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). | |
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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) |
References
edit- ^ 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".
- ^ "Species in Agapetes". Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder – Agapetes 'Ludgvan Cross'". Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Agapetes in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org Home. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "Agapetes D.Don ex G.Don - Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ 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.
- Ellison, Don (1999) Cultivated Plants of the World. London: New Holland (1st ed.: Brisbane: Flora Publications International, 1995).
External links
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Data related to Agapetes at Wikispecies- Encyclopedia of Life entry
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