摘 要 ：树萝卜属（Agapetes D.Don ex G. Don）属杜鹃花科（Ericaceae）越桔亚科（Vaccinioidae），是G.Don于1834年建立的。最初包括了Thibaudia与Ceratostema两属植物中一些种类。接着C.B.Clarke于1881年在印度植物志上（Flora of British India3:445—449）描述了东印度分布的种类。
Abstract:Descr. Fl. add. Inflorescentiae breves racemosae terminales, 2- 3-florae, vel solitariae; bractea major, conchiformis plicata, rhomboideo-ovata, 1.3 cm longa, 1.1 cm lata, apice rotundata, basi attenuata, chartacea, rubra vel viresccnfis, glabra, nervis protninentibus; bracteola 2, lanceolata, 4- 6 mm longa, 2 mm lata, acuta, glanduloso-mucronulata, nervis reticu latis prominentibus, ad marginem sparse pilosis; pedicelli brevissimi 1 mm longi. Receptalum obconicum., 2.5 mm longum; calycis segmenta ovato-deltoidea, 1.5 mm longa, apice obttlsa, puberula, rnarginem dense puberula; corolla cylindrica alba vel viridis.