Agiortia Explained

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:

• 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Agiortia . 3 March 2012. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra.
2. Web site: Agiortia Quinn Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 1 February 2022 . en.
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.