# Agapetes

Agapetes (Gk. ἀγαπητός (agapetos) = 'beloved') 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 D. Don ex G. Don was designated in 1871.

### Species

Species as of 2020 from eflora China and Plants of the world
| Name | Distribution |
| Agapetes aborensis | China ( Xizang) |
| Agapetes acuminata | Assam (Meghalaya) to Myanmar. |
| Agapetes adenobotrys | N. Myanmar. |
| Agapetes affinis | E. Himalaya to N. Myanmar. |
| Agapetes angulata | China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar |
| Agapetes angustifolia | Myanmar |
| Agapetes anonyma | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes arunachalensis | Arunachal Pradesh. |
| Agapetes atrosanguinea | Arunachal Pradesh. |
| Agapetes auriculata | E. Himalaya to N. Myanmar. |
| Agapetes bhareliana | Arunachal Pradesh to N. Myanmar. |
| Agapetes bhutanica | S. Bhutan to Darjiling. |
| Agapetes borii | Assam (Manipur, Nagaland). |
| Agapetes brachypoda | China (Yunnan) |
| Agapetes bracteata | Myanmar, SE. Thailand, Vietnam. |
| Agapetes brandisiana | China (Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes brevipedicellata | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes burmanica | China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes buxifolia | China (Xizang), India |
| Agapetes camelliifolia | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes campanulata | Assam to Myanmar. |
| Agapetes cauliflora | Vietnam. |
| Agapetes chapaensis | Vietnam. |
| Agapetes ciliata | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes dalaiensis | Arunachal Pradesh. |
| Agapetes discolor | China (Xizang), India |
| Agapetes dispar | Bangladesh to Myanmar. |
| Agapetes epacridea | China (Xizang), Myanmar |
| Agapetes fasciculiflora | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes flava | China (Xizang), India |
| Agapetes forrestii | China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes graciliflora | China (Xizang), Myanmar |
| Agapetes griffithii | China (Xizang), India |
| Agapetes guangxiensis | China (Guangxi) |
| Agapetes haemantha | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes hillii | Arunachal Pradesh to N. Myanmar. |
| Agapetes hookeri | Nepal to Bhutan. |
| Agapetes hosseana | S. Myanmar to Laos. |
| Agapetes huangiana | China (Mêdog, Tibet) |
| Agapetes hyalocheilos | China (Xizang), Myanmar |
| Agapetes incurvata | China (SE Xizang), Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Sikkim, Nepal |
| Agapetes inopinata | China (Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes interdicta | China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes kanjilali | Assam (Lakhimpur). |
| Agapetes kingdonis | Arunachal Pradesh to Myanmar. |
| Agapetes lacei | China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes leiocarpa | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes leucocarpa | Arunachal Pradesh to China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes lihengiana | China (Yunnan) |
| Agapetes linearifolia | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes listeri | China (Xizang), Bhutan, India |
| Agapetes lobbii | China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar, Thailand |
| Agapetes loranthiflora | Bangladesh to Thailand. |
| Agapetes macrantha | Assam to Myanmar. |
| Agapetes macrophylla | China (SE Xizang), Bangladesh |
| Agapetes macrostemon | Myanmar to N. Thailand. |
| Agapetes malipoensis | China (Yunnan), Vietnam |
| Agapetes mannii | China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand |
| Agapetes marginata | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes medogensis | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes megacarpa | China (Yunnan), Thailand |
| Agapetes miniata | China (Xizang), India |
| Agapetes miranda | China (Xizang), India |
| Agapetes mitrarioides | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes mondangensis | China (Yunnan). |
| Agapetes moorei | Myanmar to Thailand. |
| Agapetes nana | Assam (Nagaland) to N. Myanmar. |
| Agapetes neriifolia | China (Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes nutans | China (Xizang), India |
| Agapetes nuttallii | Bhutan to Arunachal Pradesh |
| Agapetes oblonga | China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes obovata | China (Yunnan), India |
| Agapetes odontocera | India |
| Agapetes oxycoccoides | Myanmar |
| Agapetes pachyacme | Myanmar |
| Agapetes parishii | Assam (Nagaland) to Thailand |
| Agapetes pensilis | China (Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes pentastigma | Myanmar |
| Agapetes pilifera | China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar, India |
| Agapetes polyantha | Peninsula Malaysia. |
| Agapetes pottingeri | N. Myanmar. |
| Agapetes praeclara | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes praestigiosa | China (Xizang), India |
| Agapetes pseudogriffithii | China (Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes pubiflora | China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar |
| Agapetes putaoensis | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes pyrolifolia | China (Xizang, Yunnan, Myanmar) |
| Agapetes refracta | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes rubrobracteata | China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), Vietnam |
| Agapetes rubropedicellata | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes salicifolia | China (SE Xizang),E. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam (Jaintia Hills). |
| Agapetes saligna | Nepal to Myanmar. |
| Agapetes saxicola | N. Thailand. |
| Agapetes scortechinii | Assam, Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang). |
| Agapetes serpens | China (Xizang), Bhutan, Nepal, India |
| Agapetes setigera | Assam (Meghalaya) to Myanmar. |
| Agapetes siangensis | Arunachal Pradesh. |
| Agapetes sikkimensis | Nepal to Bhutan. |
| Agapetes smithiana | Nepal to Bhutan. |
| Agapetes spissa | China (SE Xizang) |
| Agapetes spissiformis | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes subansirica | Arunachal Pradesh. |
| Agapetes subsessilifolia | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes subvinacea | Arunachal Pradesh to N. Myanmar. |
| Agapetes thailandica | NW. Thailand. |
| Agapetes toppinii | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes trianguli | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes variegata | Arunachal Pradesh to Bangladesh. |
| Agapetes velutina | Vietnam. |
| Agapetes vernayana | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes wardii | Myanmar. |
| Agapetes xiana | China (Xizang) |
| Agapetes yingjiangensis | China (Yunnan) |

## Use
### Horticulture

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