Agiortia

Agiortia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Agiortia
Quinn

Agiorta is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.[1]

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, which is closely related to Leucopogon, was formally described in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Agiortia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 3 March 2012.


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