Marcgraviastrum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Marcgraviaceae
Subfamilia: Noranteoideae
Genus: Marcgraviastrum
Name

Marcgraviastrum (Wittm. ex Szyszył.) de Roon & S.Dressler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 119(3): 332. 1997.
Synonymy

Basionym
Norantea subsect. Marcgraviastrum Wittm. ex Szyszył., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engl. & Prantl] III. 6: 163. 1893.
Type species: Norantea mixta Triana & Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 17: 374. 1862. – Lectotype designated by de Roon & Dressler (1997), p. 332.

Heterotypic
Norantea subg. Byrsophyllum Delpino, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 12: 182, 206. 1869. – Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 1(4): 259, 282. 1869. – non Byrsophyllum Hook.f. in Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. 2(1): 83. 1873.
Type species: Norantea cuneifolia (Gardner) Delpino, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 12: 182, 206. 1869. – Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 1(4): 259, 283. 1869. – Lectotype designated by de Roon & Dressler (1997), p. 332.
Norantea subg. Marcgraviastrum Wittm., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(1): 235(–236). 1878, nom. illeg. superfl.
Type species: as for Norantea subg. Byrsophyllum.

Overview of species
Accepted species

M. apaporense – M. cuneifolium – M. delpinianum – M. elegans – M. gigantophyllum – M. glossostipum – M. grandiflorum – M. macrocarpum – M. mixtum – M. obovatum – M. pauciflorum – M. pendulum – M. sodiroi – M. subsessile – M. vogelii
⧼Source(s) of checklist⧽:
List based on accepted species according to checklists from Mesoamerica, Antioquia (Colombia), Ecuador, Bolivia, the Guiana Shield, and Brazil as well as to De Roon & Giraldo-Cañas (2006), Giraldo-Cañas & Dresser (2012), and Hammel (2007) – see references.
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

De Roon, A. & Dressler, S. 1997. New taxa of Norantea Aubl. s.l. (Marcgraviaceae) from Central America and adjacent South America. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 119: 327–335. Reference page.

Additional references

De Roon, A.C. & Dressler, S. 2007. Marcgraviaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 396–397. BHL Reference page.
De Roon, A.C. & Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2006. Contributions toward a monograph of Norantea complex (Marcgraviaceae, Ericales): Validation of four new species for Marcgraviastrum. Caldasia 28: 15–22. Online JSTOR Reference page.
Dressler, S. 2001. Marcgraviaceae. Pp. 248–260 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page.
Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2002. Los géneros Marcgraviastrum y Norantea (Marcgraviaceae) en Brasil. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 26: 469–476. PDF Reference page.
Giraldo-Cañas, D. & Dressler, S. 2012. Two new taxa of Marcgraviastrum (Marcgraviaceae) and a catalogue of Colombian taxa of this genus. Caldasia 34: 33–41. Online JSTOR Reference page.
Giraldo-Cañas, D. & Fiaschi, P. 2005. Las Marcgraviaceae (Ericales) de Brasil: Las especies del complejo Norantea. Caldasia 27: 173–194. Online Reference page.
Hammel, B.E. 2007. Marcgraviaceae. Pp. 374–391 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VI, Dicotiledóneas (Haloragaceae–Phytolaccaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-60-3. Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Marcgraviastrum. Published online. Accessed: 05 May 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Marcgraviastrum in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 May 05.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Marcgraviastrum.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Marcgraviastrum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-05-05.
Hassler, M. 2019. Marcgraviastrum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 05. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Marcgraviastrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 05 May 2019.
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Marcgraviastrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 05 May 2019.
Marcgraviastrum in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 05 May 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Marcgraviastrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 05 May 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Marcgraviastrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 05 May 2019.
Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Marcgraviastrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 05 May 2019.
Marcgraviastrum in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 05 May 2019.

Marcgraviastrum is a flowering plant genus in the family Marcgraviaceae.

Species include:[1]

Marcgraviastrum gigantophyllum
Marcgraviastrum sodiroi

References

"The Plant List".