Marcetella Explained

Marcetella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rosaceae.^[1]

It is native to the Canary Islands and Madeira within Macaronesia .

The genus name of Marcetella is in honour of Adeodato Francisco Marcet (1875–1964), a Spanish clergyman, botanist and agronomist. Who also worked in a botanical garden in Blanes.^[2] It was first described and published in Bol. Inst. Nac. Invest. Agron. Vol.18 (Issue 95) on page 263 in 1948.^[1]

Species

According to Kew:

• Marcetella maderensis
• Marcetella moquiniana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marcetella Svent. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 17 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.