Marcgravia
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Marcgravia is a genus of plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

 in family Marcgraviaceae
Marcgraviaceae
Marcgraviaceae is a neotropical angiosperm family in the order Ericales.The members of the family are shrubs, woody epiphytes and lianas with alternate, pinnately-nerved leaves. The flowers are arranged in racemes. The flowers are accompanied by modified, fleshy saccate bracts which produce nectar....

, native to the Caribbean Islands, Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

, and South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

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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 crassiflora
    Marcgravia crassiflora is a species of plant in the Marcgraviaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:* Santiana, J. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

  • 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 evenia
    Marcgravia evenia is a species of plant in the Marcgraviaceae family, within this family it belongs to the Galetae group, which is characterized by a long inflorescence axis and boat shaped nectaries . This plant that has evolved bowl shaped leaves which act as reflectors for a bat's biosonar...

  • Marcgravia flagellaris
  • Marcgravia fosbergiana
  • Marcgravia gentlei
  • Marcgravia goudotiana
  • Marcgravia gracilis
  • Marcgravia grandifolia
    Marcgravia grandifolia
    Marcgravia grandifolia is a species of plant in the Marcgraviaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-Source:* Santiana, J. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

  • 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
  • Marcgraavia peduncularis
  • Marcgravia pedunculosa
  • Marcgravia pentandra
  • Marcgravia picta
  • Marcgravia pittieri
  • Marcgravia polyadenia
    Marcgravia polyadenia
    Marcgravia polyadenia is a species of plant in the Marcgraviaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-Source:* Santiana, J. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

  • 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 umbellata
    Marcgravia umbellata is a species of vine in the family Marcgraviaceae, native to the Lesser Antilles.- References :* * * * Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles....

  • Marcgravia urophylla
  • Marcgravia waferi
  • Marcgravia weberbaueri
  • Marcgravia williamsii
  • Marcgravia wittmackiana
  • Marcgravia wrightii
  • Marcgravia yukunarum
  • Marcgravia zonopunctata

 
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