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
Synonyms
	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.[1]

Agarista buxifolia

Species

Agarista boliviensis - from South America,[2]
Agarista buxifolia - from Réunion
Agarista eucalyptoides
Agarista populifolia (Lam.) Judd—Florida hobblebush
Agarista salicifolia - from Réunion

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).[5] It was first described and published in Gen. Hist. Vol.3 on page 837 in 1834.[4]

References

Senning A (2007). Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-444-52239-9.
"Agarista boliviensis (Sleumer) Judd". Bolivia checklist.
"Agarista D. Don ex G. Don". Madagascar Catalogue.
"Agarista D.Don ex G.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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.

External links

"Agarista". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
James L. Luteyn and Paola Pedraza-Peñalosa. "Neotropical Blueberries".

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[chem-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.

[POWO-4] "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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.