Marcgravia
Marcgravia is a genus of plants in the family Marcgraviaceae native to the region spanning from Mexico to tropical South America. It is commonly eaten by the dwarf little fruit bat. The genus is named in memory of the German naturalist Georg Marcgraf. The plant is visited by Thomas's nectar bat.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Marcgravia are vines or climbing shrubs. Marcgravia is classified as a sub-parasitical shrub. The branches are dimorphic. The sterile branches creep or climb. The pendulous fertile branches are terete and do not bear roots.Generative characteristics
The terminal, umbelliform, partly sterile inflorescence is composed of a ring of fertile flowers, as well as a number of nectaries derived from bracts, which are fused with sterile flowers. The fertile flowers have four sepals and four petals.Cytology
The chromosome count is 2n = 36, 38, 62–64.Taxonomy
It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 with Marcgravia umbellata as the type species.Etymology
The genus name Marcgravia honours the German naturalist and astronomer Georg Markgraf.Species
Marcgravia acuminataMarcgravia affinisMarcgravia ampulligeraMarcgravia angustifoliaMarcgravia atropunctataMarcgravia brachysepalaMarcgravia brittonianaMarcgravia browneiMarcgravia cacabiferaMarcgravia calcicolaMarcgravia caudataMarcgravia comosaMarcgravia cordachidaMarcgravia cordachidiaMarcgravia coriaceaMarcgravia corumbensisMarcgravia crassicostataMarcgravia crassifloraMarcgravia crenataMarcgravia cuneifoliaMarcgravia cuspidataMarcgravia cuyuniensisMarcgravia cyrtogastraMarcgravia cyrtonotaMarcgravia dasyanthaMarcgravia domingensisMarcgravia dressleriMarcgravia dubiaMarcgravia eichlerianaMarcgravia elegansMarcgravia eveniaMarcgravia flagellarisMarcgravia fosbergianaMarcgravia gentleiMarcgravia goudotianaMarcgravia gracilisMarcgravia grandifoliaMarcgravia guatemalensisMarcgravia hartiiMarcgravia helversenianaMarcgravia leticianaMarcgravia lineolataMarcgravia longifoliaMarcgravia macrocalyptraMarcgravia macrocarpaMarcgravia macrophyllaMarcgravia magnibracteataMarcgravia maguireiMarcgravia membranaceaMarcgravia mexicanaMarcgravia micranthaMarcgravia monogynaMarcgravia myriostigmaMarcgravia nepenthoidesMarcgravia nervosaMarcgravia neurophyllaMarcgravia nubicolaMarcgravia oblongifoliaMarcgravia obovataMarcgravia octandraMarcgravia oligandraMarcgravia panamensisMarcgravia paradoxaMarcgravia parvifloraMarcgravia patelluliferaMarcgravia peduncularisMarcgravia pedunculosaMarcgravia pentandraMarcgravia pictaMarcgravia pittieriMarcgravia polyadeniaMarcgravia polyanthaMarcgravia punctifoliaMarcgravia purpureaMarcgravia rectifloraMarcgravia rooniiMarcgravia roraimaeMarcgravia roraimensisMarcgravia rubraMarcgravia salicifoliaMarcgravia schippiiMarcgravia serraeMarcgravia sintenisiiMarcgravia sororopanianaMarcgravia spicifloraMarcgravia spruceiMarcgravia stenonectariaMarcgravia steyermarkiiMarcgravia stoneiMarcgravia strenuaMarcgravia subcaudataMarcgravia subcordataMarcgravia tobagensisMarcgravia tonduziiMarcgravia trianaeMarcgravia trinitatisMarcgravia umbellataMarcgravia urophyllaMarcgravia waferiMarcgravia weberbaueriMarcgravia williamsiiMarcgravia wittmackianaMarcgravia wrightiiMarcgravia yukunarum- ''Marcgravia zonopunctata''