Marcetia (plant)
Marcetia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Its native range is Southern Tropical America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.
The genus name of Marcetia is in honour of François Marcet, a Swiss doctor, physiologist, inventor, and professor of physics.
It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 124 in 1828.
Species
According to Kew:- Marcetia acerosa
- Marcetia alba
- Marcetia bahiana
- Marcetia bahiensis
- Marcetia bracteolaris
- Marcetia candolleana
- Marcetia canescens
- Marcetia cardosoana
- Marcetia eimeariana
- Marcetia ericoides
- Marcetia formosa
- Marcetia grandiflora
- Marcetia harleyi
- Marcetia hatschbachii
- Marcetia lanuginosa
- Marcetia latifolia
- Marcetia luetzelburgii
- Marcetia lychnophoroides
- Marcetia macrophylla
- Marcetia mucugensis
- Marcetia nervulosa
- Marcetia nummularia
- Marcetia oxycoccoides
- Marcetia paganuccii
- Marcetia semiriana
- Marcetia shepherdii
- Marcetia sincorensis
- Marcetia taxifolia
- Marcetia velutina
- ''Marcetia viscida''