Agarista (plant)

Agarista
Agarista subrotunda
Scientific classification
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[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Agauria (DC.) Hook.f.
  • Amechania DC.

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.[3]

Species

As of March 2026, Plants of the World Online accepts 33 species:[2]

  • Agarista albiflora (B.Fedtsch. & Basil.) Judd
  • Agarista angustissima Taub.
  • Agarista boliviensis (Sleumer) Judd
  • Agarista bracamorensis (Kunth) G.Don
  • Agarista buxifolia (Lam.) G.Don
  • Agarista chapadensis (Kin.-Gouv.) Judd
  • Agarista chlorantha (Cham.) G.Don
  • Agarista coriifolia (Thunb. & Billb.) Hook.f. ex Nied.
  • Agarista duartei (Sleumer) Judd
  • Agarista duckei (Huber) Judd
  • Agarista ericoides Taub.
  • Agarista eucalyptoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don
  • Agarista glaberrima (Sleumer) Judd
  • Agarista hispidula (DC.) Hook.f. ex Nied.
  • Agarista mexicana (Hemsl.) Judd
  • Agarista minensis (Glaz. ex Sleumer) Judd
  • Agarista niederleinii (Sleumer) Judd
  • Agarista nummularia (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don
  • Agarista oleifolia G.Don
  • Agarista organensis (Gardner) Hook.f. ex Nied.
  • Agarista paraguayensis (Sleumer) Judd
  • Agarista populifolia (Lam.) Judd
  • Agarista pulchella G.Don
  • Agarista pulchra G.Don
  • Agarista revoluta (Spreng.) Hook.f. ex Nied.
  • Agarista revolutissima A.A.Samp. & R.P.Oliveira
  • Agarista salicifolia (Lam.) G.Don
  • Agarista sleumeri Judd
  • Agarista subcordata (Dunal) Judd
  • Agarista subrotunda G.Don
  • Agarista uleana (Sleumer) Judd
  • Agarista villarrealana L.M.González
  • Agarista virgata Judd

Taxonomy

The genus name of Agarista is in honour of Agariste of Sicyon (fl. 6th century BC, around 560 BC).[4] It was first described and published in A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants, Volume 3 in 1834.[2]

References

  1. ^ "genus Agarista D. Don ex G. Don". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "Agarista D.Don ex G.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  3. ^ Senning A (2007). Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-444-52239-9.
  4. ^ 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.