Agapetes


Agapetes 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. As of 2018, The Plant List listed 245 species names published in Agapetes, of which 147 were accepted.

Taxonomy

It was validly published by George Don in 1834 based on previous work by David Don. The lectotype species Agapetes setigera was designated in 1871.

Species

Species as of 2020 from eflora China and Plants of the world
ImageNameDistribution
Agapetes aborensisChina
Agapetes acuminataAssam to Myanmar.
Agapetes adenobotrysN. Myanmar.
Agapetes affinisE. Himalaya to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes angulataChina, India, Myanmar
Agapetes angustifoliaMyanmar
Agapetes anonymaChina
Agapetes arunachalensisArunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes atrosanguineaArunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes auriculataE. Himalaya to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes bharelianaArunachal Pradesh to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes bhutanicaS. Bhutan to Darjiling.
Agapetes boriiAssam.
Agapetes brachypodaChina
Agapetes bracteataMyanmar, SE. Thailand, Vietnam.
Agapetes brandisianaChina, Myanmar
Agapetes brevipedicellataMyanmar.
Agapetes burmanicaChina, Myanmar
Agapetes buxifoliaChina, India
Agapetes camelliifoliaChina
Agapetes campanulataAssam to Myanmar.
Agapetes caulifloraVietnam.
Agapetes chapaensisVietnam.
Agapetes ciliataChina
Agapetes dalaiensisArunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes discolorChina, India
Agapetes disparBangladesh to Myanmar.
Agapetes epacrideaChina, Myanmar
Agapetes fasciculifloraMyanmar.
Agapetes flavaChina, India
Agapetes forrestiiChina, Myanmar
Agapetes gracilifloraChina, Myanmar
Agapetes griffithiiChina, India
Agapetes guangxiensisChina
Agapetes haemanthaMyanmar.
Agapetes hilliiArunachal Pradesh to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes hookeriNepal to Bhutan.
Agapetes hosseanaS. Myanmar to Laos.
Agapetes huangianaChina
Agapetes hyalocheilosChina, Myanmar
Agapetes incurvataChina, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Sikkim, Nepal
Agapetes inopinataChina, Myanmar
Agapetes interdictaChina, Myanmar
Agapetes kanjilaliAssam.
Agapetes kingdonisArunachal Pradesh to Myanmar.
Agapetes laceiChina, Myanmar
Agapetes leiocarpaChina
Agapetes leucocarpaArunachal Pradesh to China
Agapetes lihengianaChina
Agapetes linearifoliaChina
Agapetes listeriChina, Bhutan, India
Agapetes lobbiiChina, India, Myanmar, Thailand
Agapetes loranthifloraBangladesh to Thailand.
Agapetes macranthaAssam to Myanmar.
Agapetes macrophyllaChina, Bangladesh
Agapetes macrostemonMyanmar to N. Thailand.
Agapetes malipoensisChina, Vietnam
Agapetes manniiChina, Myanmar, Thailand
Agapetes marginataChina
Agapetes medogensisChina
Agapetes megacarpaChina, Thailand
Agapetes miniataChina, India
Agapetes mirandaChina, India
Agapetes mitrarioidesChina
Agapetes mondangensisChina.
Agapetes mooreiMyanmar to Thailand.
Agapetes nanaAssam to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes neriifoliaChina, Myanmar
Agapetes nutansChina, India
Agapetes nuttalliiBhutan to Arunachal Pradesh
Agapetes oblongaChina, Myanmar
Agapetes obovataChina, India
Agapetes odontoceraIndia
Agapetes oxycoccoidesMyanmar
Agapetes pachyacmeMyanmar
Agapetes parishiiAssam to Thailand
Agapetes pensilisChina, Myanmar
Agapetes pentastigmaMyanmar
Agapetes piliferaChina, Myanmar, India
Agapetes polyanthaPeninsula Malaysia.
Agapetes pottingeriN. Myanmar.
Agapetes praeclaraChina
Agapetes praestigiosaChina, India
Agapetes pseudogriffithiiChina, Myanmar
Agapetes pubifloraChina, Myanmar
Agapetes putaoensisMyanmar.
Agapetes pyrolifoliaChina
Agapetes refractaChina
Agapetes rubrobracteataChina, Vietnam
Agapetes rubropedicellataMyanmar.
Agapetes salicifoliaChina, E. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam.
Agapetes salignaNepal to Myanmar.
Agapetes saxicolaN. Thailand.
Agapetes scortechiniiAssam, Peninsula Malaysia.
Agapetes serpensChina, Bhutan, Nepal, India
Agapetes setigeraAssam to Myanmar.
Agapetes siangensisArunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes sikkimensisNepal to Bhutan.
Agapetes smithianaNepal to Bhutan.
Agapetes spissaChina
Agapetes spissiformisMyanmar.
Agapetes subansiricaArunachal Pradesh.
Agapetes subsessilifoliaChina
Agapetes subvinaceaArunachal Pradesh to N. Myanmar.
Agapetes thailandicaNW. Thailand.
Agapetes toppiniiMyanmar.
Agapetes trianguliMyanmar.
Agapetes variegataArunachal Pradesh to Bangladesh.
Agapetes velutinaVietnam.
Agapetes vernayanaMyanmar.
Agapetes wardiiMyanmar.
Agapetes xianaChina
Agapetes yingjiangensisChina

Use

Horticulture

In the UK, the cultivar Agapetes 'Ludgvan Cross' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.