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|familia=Ericaceae
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|genus=Agapetes
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|habit=shrub
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|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|lifespan=perennial
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|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|image=Agapetes serpens - Berlin Botanical Garden - IMG 8741.JPG
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'''Agapetes''' is a semi-climbing shrub [[genus]] native to the [[Himalayas]], grown as an ornamental for its attractive pendulous benches 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.
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Agapetes (Greek agapetos, beloved or lovable, referring to the beauty of the plant). Ericaceae, subfamily Vaccinioideae. Shrubs sometimes cultivated for their handsome flowers and attractive foliage.
 
Agapetes (Greek agapetos, beloved or lovable, referring to the beauty of the plant). Ericaceae, subfamily Vaccinioideae. Shrubs sometimes cultivated for their handsome flowers and attractive foliage.
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fls. on the old wood in many-fld. dense clusters, cylindric-campanulate, 5-angled, pale red marked dark red, 1 in. long. Himalayas.
 
fls. on the old wood in many-fld. dense clusters, cylindric-campanulate, 5-angled, pale red marked dark red, 1 in. long. Himalayas.
 
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==Species==
 
==Species==
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* ''[[Agapetes buxifolia]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes hosseana]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes incurvata]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes lobbii]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes macrantha]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes mannii]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes megasum]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes meiniana]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes mitrarioides]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes racemosa Watt.]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes serpens]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes serrata]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes subsessilifolia]]''
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* ''[[Agapetes 'Ludgvan Cross']]''
    
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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