Marcetia (plant)
Marcetia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: | Marcetia DC. |
Marcetia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]
Its native range is Southern Tropical America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Marcetia is in honour of François Marcet (1803–1883), a Swiss doctor, physiologist, inventor, and professor of physics.[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 124 in 1828.[1]
Species[]
According to Kew:[1]
- DC.
- Ule
- (Ule) A.B.Martins
- (Brade & Markgr.) Wurdack
- Cogn.
- A.K.A.Santos & A.B.Martins
- Naudin
- A.K.A.Santos & A.B.Martins
- A.B.Martins & Woodgyer
- Cogn.
- Wurdack
- Markgr.
- Wurdack
- A.B.Martins
- Wurdack
- Naudin
- Markgr.
- A.B.Martins
- Wurdack
- Wurdack
- Markgr.
- Markgr.
- Wurdack & A.B.Martins
- A.K.A.Santos & A.B.Martins
- A.B.Martins
- A.B.Martins
- Wurdack
- DC.
- Markgr.
- Wurdack
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Marcetia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Categories:
- Melastomataceae
- Melastomataceae genera
- Plants described in 1828
- Flora of Bolivia
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of Brazil