''Agapetes'' (Gk. ἀγαπητός (agapetos) = 'beloved') is a semi-climbing shrub

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, 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. In the UK, the cultivar ‘Ludgvan Cross’ has gained the

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Species

Species as of 2020 from eflora China and Plants of the world

References

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

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