Agiortia
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| Agiortia | |
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| Agiortia pedicellata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epacridoideae |
| Tribe: | Styphelieae |
| 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:
- 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]
