Marcgravia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Marcgraviaceae
Subfamilia: Marcgravioideae
Genus: Marcgravia
Name

Marcgravia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 503. 1753. – Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 221. 1754.

Type species: Marcgravia umbellata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 503. 1753.

Overview of species
Accepted species

M. atropunctata – M. brachysepala – M. brownei – M. caudata – M. comosa – M. coriacea – M. crassicostata – M. crassiflora – M. crenata – M. dasyantha – M. domingensis – M. dressleri – M. eichleriana – M. elegans – M. evenia – M. flagellaris – M. fosbergiana – M. gentlei – M. glandulosomarginata – M. grandifolia – M. hartii – M. helverseniana – M. lineolata – M. longifolia – M. magnibracteata – M. maguirei – M. mexicana – M. myriostigma – M. nepenthoides – M. nervosa – M. neurophylla – M. nubicola – M. oblongifolia – M. oligandra – M. panamensis – M. patellulifera – M. pedunculosa – M. pittieri – M. polyadenia – M. polyantha – M. punctifolia – M. purpurea – M. rectiflora – M. roonii – M. rubra – M. salicifolia – M. schippii – M. serrae – M. sintenisii – M. sororopaniana – M. sprucei – M. stonei – M. subcaudata – M. tobagensis – M. trianae – M. trinitatis – M. umbellata – M. waferi – M. weberbaueri – M. williamsii – M. yukunarum – M. zonopunctata – ...
Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to checklists from the West Indies, Mesoamerica, Antioquia (Colombia), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, the Guiana Shield, and Brazil as well as to Dressler (2001), Giraldo-Cañas (2011), and Hammel (2007) – see references. Additionally added, based on references shown in the respective taxon pages: M. elegans – M. hartii – M. helverseniana – M. nubicola – M. tobagensis – M. trianae

Names in synonymy

M. affinis – M. ampulligera – M. brittoniana – M. cacabifera – M. calcicola – M. cordachidia – M. cuneifolia – M. cuspidata – M. cuyuniensis – M. dubia – M. gracilis – M. guatemalensis – M. leticiana – M. macrocarpa – M. macrophylla – M. macroscypha – M. membranacea – M. micrantha – M. obovata – M. parviflora – M. peduncularis – M. pentandra – M. picta – M. roraimae – M. roraimensis – M. spiciflora – M. stenonectaria – M. steyermarkii – M. strenua – M. tonduzii – M. urophylla – M. wrightii – ...
Unresolved names

M. acuminata – M. angustifolia – M. corumbensis – M. cyrtogastra – M. cyrtonota – M. dasystachya – M. goudotiana – M. macrocalyptra – M. monogyna – M. octandra – M. paradoxa – M. subcordata – M. wittmackiana
Source(s) of checklist:
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical America
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

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

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Marcgraviaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 530. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 Open access BHL Reference page.
De Roon, A.C. 1970. Family 121. Marcgraviaceae. In Woodson, R.E., Jr., Schery, R.W. & Collaborators, Flora of Panama, part VI. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 57: 29–50. BHL Reference page.
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.
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. 2011. Las Marcgraviaceae de Colombia: Inventario, diversidad, endemismo y distribución. Bioetnia 8: 28–39. PDF 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.
Macbride, J.F. 1956. Marcgraviaceae. In Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(3A/2): 703–717. BHL Reference page.
Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. 1961. Marcgraviaceae. In Flora of Guatemala – Part VII, Number 1. Fieldiana: Botany 24(7/1): 16–23. BHL Reference page.
Utley, J.F. 1984. Marcgraviaceae. In: Flora de Veracruz, Fasc. 38. 15 pp. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos Ecología, Xalapa, Veracruz. PDF Reference page.
Utley, J.F. 2001. Marcgraviaceae Bercht. & J. Presl. Pp. 1335–1338 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 2, Angiospermas (Fabaceae–Oxalidaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-95-9. Online Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Marcgravia. Published online. Accessed: 04 May 2019. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Marcgravia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 May 04.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Marcgravia.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Marcgravia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-05-04.
Hassler, M. 2019. Marcgravia. 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 online. Accessed: 2019 May 04. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 40013713. 04. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: May 2019 40013713.
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Marcgravia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 May 2019.
Marcgravia 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: 04 May 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Marcgravia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 May 2019.
Marcgravia in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 04 May 2019.

Vernacular names
مصرى: ماركجرافيا

Marcgravia is a genus of plants in the Marcgraviaceae family commonly eaten by the dwarf little fruit bat.[1] The genus is native to the Caribbean Islands, Central America, and South America, and genus is named in memory of the German naturalist Georg Marcgraf.[2] The plant is visited by Thomas's nectar bat.[1]
General information

Marcgravia is a genus of terrestrial vines. It was named after George Marcgraf who first saw it on a voyage to Brazil. Marcgravia is classified as a sub-parasitical shrub.[2] Marcgravia is pollinated by Thomas's nectar bat.[1] Marcgravia rectiflora, Marcgravia sintenisill, Marcgravia tobagensis and Marcgravia trinitatis are species of Marcgravia.[3][4]
Locations

Belize
Bolivia
Brazil (north, northeast, south, southeast, west-central)
Central American Pacific Islands
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guatemala
Gulf of Mexico
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Leeward Islands
Mexico (central, southeast, southwest)
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Puerto Rico
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela
Windward Islands

Marcgravia umbellata
Main article: Marcgravia umbellata

It is native to the Lesser Antilles islands in the eastern Caribbean and Anguilla. [5]
Marcgravia pittieri
Main article: Marcgravia pittieri

Marcgravia pittieri is a species of Marcgravia which is visited by Thomas's nectar bat.[6]
Marcgravia pittieri
Marcgravia trianae
Main article: Marcgravia trianae

Marcgravia trianae is a species of Marcgravia. It is a terrestrial plant commonly found in Venezuela.[7]
Marcgravia evenia
Main article: Marcgravia evenia

Marcgravia evenia is a species of Marcgravia found in Cuba.[8] This species uses dish shaped leaves to attract bats to pollinate it.[9][10]
Species

Marcgravia acuminata
Marcgravia affinis
Marcgravia ampulligera
Marcgravia angustifolia
Marcgravia atropunctata
Marcgravia brachysepala
Marcgravia brittoniana
Marcgravia brownei
Marcgravia cacabifera
Marcgravia calcicola
Marcgravia caudata
Marcgravia comosa
Marcgravia cordachida
Marcgravia cordachidia
Marcgravia coriacea
Marcgravia corumbensis
Marcgravia crassicostata
Marcgravia crassiflora
Marcgravia crenata
Marcgravia cuneifolia
Marcgravia cuspidata
Marcgravia cuyuniensis
Marcgravia cyrtogastra
Marcgravia cyrtonota
Marcgravia dasyantha
Marcgravia domingensis
Marcgravia dressleri
Marcgravia dubia
Marcgravia eichleriana
Marcgravia elegans
Marcgravia evenia
Marcgravia flagellaris
Marcgravia fosbergiana
Marcgravia gentlei
Marcgravia goudotiana
Marcgravia gracilis
Marcgravia grandifolia
Marcgravia guatemalensis
Marcgravia hartii
Marcgravia helverseniana
Marcgravia leticiana
Marcgravia lineolata
Marcgravia longifolia
Marcgravia macrocalyptra
Marcgravia macrocarpa
Marcgravia macrophylla
Marcgravia magnibracteata
Marcgravia maguirei
Marcgravia membranacea
Marcgravia mexicana
Marcgravia micrantha
Marcgravia monogyna
Marcgravia myriostigma

Marcgravia nepenthoides
Marcgravia nervosa
Marcgravia neurophylla
Marcgravia nubicola
Marcgravia oblongifolia
Marcgravia obovata
Marcgravia octandra
Marcgravia oligandra
Marcgravia panamensis
Marcgravia paradoxa
Marcgravia parviflora
Marcgravia patellulifera
Marcgravia peduncularis
Marcgravia pedunculosa
Marcgravia pentandra
Marcgravia picta
Marcgravia pittieri
Marcgravia polyadenia
Marcgravia polyantha
Marcgravia punctifolia
Marcgravia purpurea
Marcgravia rectiflora
Marcgravia roonii
Marcgravia roraimae
Marcgravia roraimensis
Marcgravia rubra
Marcgravia salicifolia
Marcgravia schippii
Marcgravia serrae
Marcgravia sintenisii
Marcgravia sororopaniana
Marcgravia spiciflora
Marcgravia sprucei
Marcgravia stenonectaria
Marcgravia steyermarkii
Marcgravia stonei
Marcgravia strenua
Marcgravia subcaudata
Marcgravia subcordata
Marcgravia tobagensis
Marcgravia tonduzii
Marcgravia trianae
Marcgravia trinitatis
Marcgravia umbellata
Marcgravia urophylla
Marcgravia waferi
Marcgravia weberbaueri
Marcgravia williamsii
Marcgravia wittmackiana
Marcgravia wrightii
Marcgravia yukunarum
Marcgravia zonopunctata

References

"Marcgravia - Encyclopedia of Life".
"Marcgraviaceæ, the Marcgravia Tribe".
"USDA Plants Database".
"ITIS - Report: Marcgravia".
"Marcgravia umbellata L. - Encyclopedia of Life".
Tschapka, Marco; Dressler, Stefan; von Helversen, Otto (11 August 2006). "Bat visits to Marcgravia pittieri and notes on the inflorescence diversity within the genus Marcgravia (Marcgraviaceae)". Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 201 (5): 383–388. Bibcode:2006FMDFE.201..383T. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.014.
"Marcgravia trianae Baill. - Encyclopedia of Life".
"Marcgravia evenia Krug & Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
"The Plant That 'Talks Back' to Bats". 2 August 2011.

Bhanoo, Sindya N. (29 July 2011). "A Vine's Acoustics Send a Bat Signal". The New York Times.

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