Agiortia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Agiortia

Quinn

Agiortia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.[1]

They are native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[2]

There are three species as follows:

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 Austral. Syst. Bot. Vol.18 on page 450 in 2005.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Agiortia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Agiortia Quinn | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. ^ 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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