Agarista (plant)

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Agarista
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Agarista subrotunda
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Vaccinioideae
Tribe: Lyonieae
Genus: Agarista
D.Don ex G.Don
Synonyms
  • Agauria(DC.) Hook.f.
  • AmechaniaDC.

Agarista is a genus of plants in the family Ericaceae. Agarista species contain grayanotoxins, a group of closely related neurotoxins named after Leucothoe grayana, native to Japan. [1]

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Agarista buxifolia Agauria buxifolia 0.jpg
Agarista buxifolia

Species

There are also about 10 species endemic to Madagascar which are to be transferred to this genus from Agauria. [3]

Plants of the World Online, accepts 32 species, as of January 2022. [4]

Taxonomy

The genus name of Agarista is in honour of Agariste of Sicyon (fl. 6th century BC, around 560 BC), Greek daughter. [5] It was first described and published in Gen. Hist. Vol.3 on page 837 in 1834. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Senning A (2007). Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 170. ISBN   978-0-444-52239-9.
  2. ↑ "Agarista boliviensis (Sleumer) Judd". Bolivia checklist.
  3. ↑ "Agarista D. Don ex G. Don". Madagascar Catalogue.
  4. 1 2 "Agarista D.Don ex G.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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