Agiortia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.[1]
| Agiortia | |
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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: | Epacridoideae |
| Tribe: | Styphelieae |
| Genus: | Agiortia Quinn |
They are native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[2]
There are three species as follows:
- Agiortia cicatricata (J.M.Powell) Quinn syn. Leucopogon cicatricatus
- Agiortia pedicellata (C.T.White) Quinn syn. Leucopogon pedicellatus
- Agiortia pleiosperma (F.Muell.) Quinn syn. Leucopogon pleiospermus
The genus is closely related to Leucopogon.[1]
The genus name of Agiortia is in honour of Despina (Fanias) Agioritis (1927–1994), an Australian botanist from Innisfail, Queensland.[3] It was first described and published in Australian Systematic Botany in 2005.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Agiortia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Agiortia Quinn | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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