Agonis (ICBN)

Agonis (ICBN)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Leptospermeae
Genus: Agonis
Species (4): A. baxteri – A. flexuosa – A. grandiflora – A. theiformis – A. undulata

Name

• Agonis (DC.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. , ed. 2. 209. 1830, nom. cons.
  • Type species: Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) Sweet

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Leptospermum sect. Agonis DC., Prodr. 3: 226. 1828.

• Homotypic
  • Agonis (DC.) Lindl., Sketch Veg. Swan R. 10. 1839, comb. superfl.
  • Agonomyrtus Schauer ex Rchb., nom. inval.
  • Billotia R.Br. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 827. 1832, nom. inval. & nom. illeg. non Colla (1824).
  • Billattia R.Br., orth. var.
  • Billiotia Endl., orth. var.
  • Billiottia Endl., orth. var.

• Heterotypic
  • Agonis sect. Ataxandria Benth.
  • Paragonis J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant, Nuytsia 16: 430. 2007.

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Agonis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Oct. 24. Reference page. 
• Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G. 2007. A revision of the Western Australian genus Agonis (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera Taxandria and Paragonis. Nuytsia 16(2): 393–433. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  - the segregation of Paragonis is not accepted by Govaerts et al. (2015)

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