Agarista (plant)
Genus of flowering plants
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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.[3]
| Agarista | |
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| 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[1] |
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Species
As of March 2026[update], Plants of the World Online accepts 33 species:[2]
- Agarista albiflora (B.Fedtsch. & Basil.) Judd
- Agarista angustissima Taub.
- Agarista boliviensis (Sleumer) Judd
- Agarista bracamorensis (Kunth) G.Don
- Agarista buxifolia (Lam.) G.Don
- Agarista chapadensis (Kin.-Gouv.) Judd
- Agarista chlorantha (Cham.) G.Don
- Agarista coriifolia (Thunb. & Billb.) Hook.f. ex Nied.
- Agarista duartei (Sleumer) Judd
- Agarista duckei (Huber) Judd
- Agarista ericoides Taub.
- Agarista eucalyptoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don
- Agarista glaberrima (Sleumer) Judd
- Agarista hispidula (DC.) Hook.f. ex Nied.
- Agarista mexicana (Hemsl.) Judd
- Agarista minensis (Glaz. ex Sleumer) Judd
- Agarista niederleinii (Sleumer) Judd
- Agarista nummularia (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don
- Agarista oleifolia G.Don
- Agarista organensis (Gardner) Hook.f. ex Nied.
- Agarista paraguayensis (Sleumer) Judd
- Agarista populifolia (Lam.) Judd
- Agarista pulchella G.Don
- Agarista pulchra G.Don
- Agarista revoluta (Spreng.) Hook.f. ex Nied.
- Agarista revolutissima A.A.Samp. & R.P.Oliveira
- Agarista salicifolia (Lam.) G.Don
- Agarista sleumeri Judd
- Agarista subcordata (Dunal) Judd
- Agarista subrotunda G.Don
- Agarista uleana (Sleumer) Judd
- Agarista villarrealana L.M.González
- Agarista virgata Judd
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 A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants, Volume 3 in 1834.[2]
