Marcetia (plant)

Marcetia
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.

[POWO-1] "Marcetia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[2] 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.

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