Agapetes

Agapetes (Gk. ἀγαπητός (agapetos) = 'beloved') [1] is a semi-climbing shrub genus native to the Himalayas, grown as an ornamental for its attractive pendulous bunches of red tubular flowers blooming over a long period. It is mostly grown in climates from cool temperate to sub-tropical. Propagation is from cuttings. Agapetes has 245 species and 147 are accepted out of 245.[2]

Agapetes
Agapetes serpens
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Agapetes

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In the UK, the cultivar ‘Ludgvan Cross’ has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Species

  • Agapetes buxifolia
  • Agapetes hosseana
  • Agapetes incurvata
  • Agapetes lobbii
  • Agapetes macrantha
  • Agapetes mannii
  • Agapetes megasum
  • Agapetes meiniana
  • Agapetes mitrarioides
  • Agapetes racemosa
  • Agapetes serpens
  • Agapetes serrata
  • Agapetes subsessilifolia

References

  • Ellison, Don (1999) Cultivated Plants of the World. London: New Holland (1st ed.: Brisbane: Flora Publications International, 1995).
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