Marcgravia
Marcgravia umbellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Marcgraviaceae
Genus: Marcgravia
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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 Marcgravi trinitatis are species of Marcgravia.[3][4]

Locations

Marcgravia umbellata

It is native to the Lesser Antilles islands in the eastern Caribbean and Anguilla. [5]

Marcgravia pittieri

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

Marcgravia pittieri

Marcgravia trianae

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

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 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

  1. 1 2 3 "Marcgravia - Encyclopedia of Life".
  2. 1 2 "Marcgraviaceæ, the Marcgravia Tribe".
  3. "USDA Plants Database".
  4. "ITIS - Report: Marcgravia".
  5. "Marcgravia umbellata L. - Encyclopedia of Life".
  6. 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. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.014.
  7. "Marcgravia trianae Baill. - Encyclopedia of Life".
  8. "Marcgravia evenia Krug & Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
  9. "The Plant That 'Talks Back' to Bats". 2 August 2011.
  10. Bhanoo, Sindya N. (29 July 2011). "A Vine's Acoustics Send a Bat Signal". The New York Times.
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