Agarista (plant) explained

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]

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.

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 Gen. Hist. Vol.3 on page 837 in 1834.^[5]

External links

• • Web site: Neotropical Blueberries . James L. Luteyn and Paola Pedraza-Peñalosa.

Notes and References

1. Book: Senning, Alexander . Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology . vanc . Elsevier . 2007 . 978-0-444-52239-9 . Amsterdam . 170.
2. Web site: Agarista boliviensis (Sleumer) Judd. Bolivia checklist .
3. Web site: Agarista D. Don ex G. Don . Madagascar Catalogue.
4. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.
5. Web site: Agarista D.Don ex G.Don Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 31 January 2022 . en.