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Marcgravia
Marcgravia umbellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Marcgraviaceae
Genus:	Marcgravia L.

Marcgravia is a genus of plants in the Marcgraviaceae family commonly eaten by the dwarf little fruit bat. 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. 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.

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

It is native to the Lesser Antilles islands in the eastern Caribbean and Anguilla.

Marcgravia pittieri

Marcgravia pittieri is a species of Marcgravia which is visited by Thomas's nectar bat.

Marcgravia trianae

Marcgravia trianae is a species of Marcgravia. It is a terrestrial plant commonly found in Venezuela.

Marcgravia evenia

Marcgravia evenia is a species of Marcgravia found in Cuba. This species uses dish shaped leaves to attract bats to pollinate it.

Species

References

1. ^ "Marcgravia - Encyclopedia of Life".
2. ^ "Marcgraviaceæ, the Marcgravia Tribe".
3. "USDA Plants Database".
4. "ITIS - Report: Marcgravia".
5. "Marcgravia umbellata L. - Encyclopedia of Life".
6. Tschapka, Marco; Dressler, Stefan; von Helversen, Otto (11 August 2006). "Bat visits to Marcgravia pittieri and notes on the inflorescence diversity within the genus Marcgravia (Marcgraviaceae)". Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 201 (5): 383–388. Bibcode:2006FMDFE.201..383T. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.014.
7. "Marcgravia trianae Baill. - Encyclopedia of Life".
8. "Marcgravia evenia Krug & Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
9. "The Plant That 'Talks Back' to Bats". 2 August 2011.
10. Bhanoo, Sindya N. (29 July 2011). "A Vine's Acoustics Send a Bat Signal". The New York Times.

• PPP species list
• NCBI

• Data related to Marcgravia at Wikispecies
• Media related to Marcgravia at Wikimedia Commons

• Marcgravia
• Ericales genera