Marcetia (plant)

Marcetia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]

Marcetia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Marcetia
DC.

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]

  • Marcetia acerosa DC.
  • Marcetia alba Ule
  • Marcetia bahiana (Ule) A.B.Martins
  • Marcetia bahiensis (Brade & Markgr.) Wurdack
  • Marcetia bracteolaris Cogn.
  • Marcetia candolleana A.K.A.Santos & A.B.Martins
  • Marcetia canescens Naudin
  • Marcetia cardosoana A.K.A.Santos & A.B.Martins
  • Marcetia eimeariana A.B.Martins & Woodgyer
  • Marcetia ericoides Cogn.
  • Marcetia formosa Wurdack
  • Marcetia grandiflora Markgr.
  • Marcetia harleyi Wurdack
  • Marcetia hatschbachii A.B.Martins
  • Marcetia lanuginosa Wurdack
  • Marcetia latifolia Naudin
  • Marcetia luetzelburgii Markgr.
  • Marcetia lychnophoroides A.B.Martins
  • Marcetia macrophylla Wurdack
  • Marcetia mucugensis Wurdack
  • Marcetia nervulosa Markgr.
  • Marcetia nummularia Markgr.
  • Marcetia oxycoccoides Wurdack & A.B.Martins
  • Marcetia paganuccii A.K.A.Santos & A.B.Martins
  • Marcetia semiriana A.B.Martins
  • Marcetia shepherdii A.B.Martins
  • Marcetia sincorensis Wurdack
  • Marcetia taxifolia DC.
  • Marcetia velutina Markgr.
  • Marcetia viscida Wurdack

References
  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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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