Agiortia | |
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Agiortia pedicellata | |
Scientific classification
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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:
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]