Marcetia (plant) explained

Marcetia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.^[1]

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 (1803–1883), a Swiss doctor, physiologist, inventor, and professor of physics.^[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 124 in 1828.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marcetia DC. 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.