Agarista is a genus of plants in the family Ericaceae. Agarista species contain grayanotoxins, a group of closely related neurotoxins named after Leucothoe grayana, native to Japan.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts 33 species: Agarista albiflora Agarista angustissima Agarista boliviensis Agarista bracamorensis Agarista buxifolia Agarista chapadensis Agarista chlorantha Agarista coriifolia Agarista duartei Agarista duckei Agarista ericoides Agarista eucalyptoides Agarista glaberrima Agarista hispidula Agarista mexicana Agarista minensis Agarista niederleinii Agarista nummularia Agarista oleifolia Agarista organensis Agarista paraguayensis Agarista populifolia Agarista pulchella Agarista pulchra Agarista revoluta Agarista revolutissima Agarista salicifolia Agarista sleumeri Agarista subcordata Agarista subrotunda Agarista uleana Agarista villarrealana Agarista virgata
Taxonomy The genus name of Agarista is in honour of Agariste of Sicyon (fl. 6th century BC, around 560 BC). It was first described and published in A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants, Volume 3 in 1834.
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