| Marcetella | |
|---|---|
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| Marcetella moquiniana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Marcetella Svent. |
Marcetella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rosaceae.1
It is native to the Canary Islands and Madeira within Macaronesia.1
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:1
- Marcetella maderensis (Bornm.) Svent.
- Marcetella moquiniana (Webb & Berthel.) Svent.
References
References
- "Marcetella Svent. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.