Marcetia (plant)

Species of flowering 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

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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

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1. ^ a b c d "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.

Taxon identifiers

Marcetia|

* Wikidata: Q16913119
* Wikispecies: Marcetia
* CoL: 5L72
* EoL: 4442980
* GBIF: 3231533
* GRIN: 7269
* iNaturalist: 711155
* IPNI: 26439-1
* IRMNG: 1319689
* NCBI: 263276
* Open Tree of Life: 653820
* Paleobiology Database: 41125
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26439-1
* Tropicos: 40013695
* WFO: wfo-4000023116