Marcgravia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Marcgravia is a genus of plants in the Marcgraviaceae family commonly eaten by the dwarf little fruit bat.{{Cite web|url=https://eol.org/pages/61014|title = Marcgravia - Encyclopedia of Life}} The genus is native to the Caribbean Islands, Central America, and South America, and genus is named in memory of the German naturalist Georg Marcgraf.{{Cite web|url=https://www.c82.net/twining/plants/?id=36|title = Marcgraviaceæ, the Marcgravia Tribe}} The plant is visited by Thomas's nectar bat.
General information
Marcgravia is a genus of terrestrial vines. It was named after George Marcgraf who first saw it on a voyage to Brazil. Marcgravia is classified as a sub-parasitical shrub. Marcgravia is pollinated by Thomas's nectar bat.
Marcgravia rectiflora, Marcgravia sintenisill, Marcgravia tobagensis and Marcgravia trinitatis are species of Marcgravia.{{Cite web|url=https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=MARCG|title=USDA Plants Database}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21395#null|title = ITIS - Report: Marcgravia}}
= Locations =
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil (north, northeast, south, southeast, west-central)
- Central American Pacific Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Gulf of Mexico
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Leeward Islands
- Mexico (central, southeast, southwest)
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Venezuela
- Windward Islands
''Marcgravia umbellata''
{{Main|Marcgravia umbellata}}
It is native to the Lesser Antilles islands in the eastern Caribbean and Anguilla. {{Cite web|url=https://eol.org/pages/5713999|title = Marcgravia umbellata L. - Encyclopedia of Life}}
''Marcgravia pittieri''
{{Main article|Marcgravia pittieri}}
Marcgravia pittieri is a species of Marcgravia which is visited by Thomas's nectar bat.{{cite journal |last1=Tschapka |first1=Marco |last2=Dressler |first2=Stefan |last3=von Helversen |first3=Otto |title=Bat visits to Marcgravia pittieri and notes on the inflorescence diversity within the genus Marcgravia (Marcgraviaceae) |journal=Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants |date=11 August 2006 |volume=201 |issue=5 |pages=383–388 |doi=10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.014 |bibcode=2006FMDFE.201..383T }}
''Marcgravia trianae''
{{Main|Marcgravia trianae}}
Marcgravia trianae is a species of Marcgravia. It is a terrestrial plant commonly found in Venezuela.{{Cite web|url=https://eol.org/pages/5713998|title = Marcgravia trianae Baill. - Encyclopedia of Life}}
''Marcgravia evenia''
{{Main|Marcgravia evenia}}
Marcgravia evenia is a species of Marcgravia found in Cuba.{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:152988-2|title=Marcgravia evenia Krug & Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science}} This species uses dish shaped leaves to attract bats to pollinate it.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marcgravia-evenia-cuban-rainforest-bats-echo_n_915101|title=The Plant That 'Talks Back' to Bats|date=2 August 2011}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/science/02obbat.html|title = A Vine's Acoustics Send a Bat Signal|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 29 July 2011|last1 = Bhanoo|first1 = Sindya N.}}
Species
References
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- [http://www.ppp-index.de/L1BQUF9TSE9XUEFHRT9QQUdFPTEmTUlEPTI3NTY.html?UID=51E375B65FBA1C9ADBD8C05FA565C98452455F9A2FED5A5B PPP species list]
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=55388 NCBI]
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