Agapetes
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| Agapetes serpens | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Agapetes G.Don |
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Agapetes is a semi-climbing shrub genus native to the Himalayas, grown as an ornamental for its attractive pendulous benches 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.
[edit] Species
- Agapetes buxifolia
- Agapetes hosseana
- Agapetes incurvata
- Agapetes lobbii
- Agapetes macrantha
- Agapetes mannii
- Agapetes megasum
- Agapetes meiniana
- Agapetes mitrarioides
- Agapetes racemosa Watt.
- Agapetes serpens
- Agapetes serrata
- Agapetes subsessilifolia
[edit] References
- Ellison, Don (1999) Cultivated Plants of the World. London: New Holland (1st ed.: Brisbane: Flora Publications International, 1995).
- Encyclopedia of Life entry
- GBIF entry
- Botanica Sistematica
- Strange Wonderful Things
