Macrocarpaea

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Macrocarpaea
A single M. apparata flower
A single M. apparata flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Helieae
Genus: Macrocarpaea
(Griseb.) Gilg
Species

See species list below.
Macrocarpaea apparata inflorescence
Macrocarpaea apparata inflorescence

The genus Macrocarpaea, with 105 species and two hybrids of 0.5 m herbs, shrubs, epiphytes and small trees to 10 m tall, is the largest genus of the tribe Helieae of the gentian family (Gentianaceae). Species of Macrocarpaea have diurnal and nocturnal pollinators, visited during the day by hummingbirds, insects and butterflies, and at night by bats, moths and many different kinds of insects. The common name for the genus is 'Moon-gentian'. No species are known in cultivation.

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[edit] Characteristics

Species of this genus have white, cream, yellow to green flowers. Most have a large, open campanulate to funnel-form corolla adapted to nocturnal bat pollination. This genus is one of the few of the gentian family that have species with hairs on their leaves.

[edit] Distribution

Macrocarpaea has a relatively broad distribution in mountainous regions of the Neotropics. The Neotropics comprise the tropical parts of the New World in Mesoamerica and South America. The gentian tribe Helieae, to which Macrocarpaea belongs is restricted to the Neotropics. The overall distribution pattern of Macrocarpaea is typical of many Neotropical taxa. The genus is basically found in five major geographic regions: the Andes [ranging from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, to Bolivia] (85 species), southern Mesoamerica [Costa Rica and Panama] (6 species), the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean [Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica] (3 species), the Pantepui of the Guayana Shield [Venezuela, and adjacent regions in Brazil and Guyana] (6 species), and southeastern Brazil (5 species).

[edit] Highlighted species

Macrocarpaea dies-viridis "Named for the American punk rock music group Green Day, whose music we listened to, especially while driving to localities throughout Ecuador during out 2006 expedition". Published in Harvard Papers in Botany 11(2): 132. 2007. The common name for the plant is "the Green Day moon-gentian".

Macrocarpaea apparata Named for the verb to apparate, made popular in the book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (1998) "When we first found this new species, we could only find sterile individuals. After looking all afternoon, and only just before dusk, we finally found several flowering plants that seem to have 'apparated' in front of us, appearing out of nowhere." Published in Harvard Papers in Botany 8(1): 66. 2003. The common name is the "Apparating moon-gentian". See photos to the right.

Macrocarpaea pringleana Named to honour Dr. James Pringle, Plant Taxonomist at Canada's Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario. Dr. Pringle has contributed extensively over a very long and distinguised career to both the systematics of the Gentian family and to floras of South America. Published in Harvard Papers in Botany 9(1): 11-49.

[edit] Links

http://www.jasongrant.ch/

http://www.unine.ch/bota/EBOLAB/

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/

[edit] Catalogue of species

  • Macrocarpaea affinis Ewan
  • Macrocarpaea angelliae J.R. Grant & Struwe
  • Macrocarpaea angustifolia J.S. Pringle
  • Macrocarpaea apparata J.R. Grant & Struwe
  • Macrocarpaea arborescens Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea auriculata Weaver & J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea autanae Weaver
  • Macrocarpaea ayangannae J.R. Grant, Struwe & Boggan
  • Macrocarpaea bangiana Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea berryi J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea betancuriana J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea biremis J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea bracteata Ewan
  • Macrocarpaea browallioides (Ewan) A. Robyns & Nilsson
  • Macrocarpaea bubops J.R. Grant & Struwe
  • Macrocarpaea callejasii J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea calophylla Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea canoëfolia J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea chthonotropa J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea cinchonifolia (Gilg) Weaver
  • Macrocarpaea cochabambensis Gilg-Ben.
  • Macrocarpaea densiflora (Benth) Ewan
  • Macrocarpaea dillonii J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea dies-viridis J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea domingensis Urb. & Ekman
  • Macrocarpaea duquei Gilg-Ben.
  • Macrocarpaea elix J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea ericii J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea ewaniana Weaver & J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea fortisiana J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea gattaca J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea gaudialis J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea glabra (L.f.) Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea glaziovii Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea gondoloides J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea gracilis Weaver & J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea gran-pajatena J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea gravabilis J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea gulosa J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea harlingii J.S. Pringle
  • Macrocarpaea hilarula J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea illecebrosa J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea innarrabilis J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea jactans J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea jalca J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea jensii J.R. Grant & Struwe
  • Macrocarpaea jocularis J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea kayakifolia J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea kuelap J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea kuepferiana J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea lacrossiformis J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea laudabilis J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea lenae J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea loranthoides (Griseb.) Maas
  • Macrocarpaea luctans J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea lucubrans J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea luna-gentiana J.R. Grant & Struwe
  • Macrocarpaea luteynii J.R. Grant & Struwe
  • Macrocarpaea luya J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea macrophylla (Kunth) Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea maguirei Weaver & J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea marahuacae Struwe & V.A. Albert
  • Macrocarpaea maryae J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea micrantha Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea neblinae Maguire & Steyermark
  • Macrocarpaea neillii J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea nicotianifolia Weaver & J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea noctiluca J.R. Grant & Struwe
  • Macrocarpaea normae J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea obnubilata J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea obtusifolia (Griseb.) Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea opulenta J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea ostentans J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea pachyphylla Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea pachystyla Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea pajonalis J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea papillosa Weaver & J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea pinetorum Alain
  • Macrocarpaea piresii Maguire
  • Macrocarpaea pringleana J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea quechua J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea revoluta (Ruiz & Pavon) Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea robin-fosteri J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea rubra Malme
  • Macrocarpaea rugosa Steyerm.
  • Macrocarpaea schultesii Weaver & J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea silverstonei J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea sodiroana Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea stenophylla Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea subcaudata Ewan
  • Macrocarpaea subsessilis Weaver & J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea tabula-fluctivagifolia J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea tahuantinsuyuana J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea thamnoides (Griseb.) Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea umerulus J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea valerii Standl.
  • Macrocarpaea viscosa (Ruiz & Pavon) Gilg
  • Macrocarpaea voluptuosa J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea wallnoeferi J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea weaveri J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea weigendiorum J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea wurdackii Weaver & J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea xerantifulva J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea ypsilocaule J.R. Grant
  • Macrocarpaea zophoflora Weaver & J.R. Grant

[edit] Catalogue of hybrids

  • Macrocarpaea x acuminata J.R. Grant (M. subcaudata x M. valerii)
  • Macrocarpaea x mattii J.R. Grant (M. noctiluca x M. subsessilis)

[edit] References

CARLQUIST, S. 1984. Wood anatomy of some Gentianaceae: Systematic and Ecological Conclusions. Aliso 10(4): 573-582.

_____ and J.R. GRANT. 2005. Wood anatomy of Gentianaceae, tribe Helieae: Diversification in relation to ecology, habit, and systematics; the effect of sample diameter. Brittonia 57(3): 276-291.

EWAN, J. 1948. A revision of Macrocarpaea, a neotropical genus of shrubby gentians. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29: 209-250.

_____ 1950. New records of neotropical Gentianaceae. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 63: 163-166.

_____ 1951. New records of neotropical Gentianaceae-II. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 64: 131-134.

GILG, E. 1895. Gentianaceae. Pages 50-108 In: A. ENGLER AND K. PRANTL, EDS., Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Vol. 4(2). Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.

GRANT, J.R. 2003. De Macrocarpaeae Grisebach (ex Gentianaceis) speciebus novis II: Typification of the Ruiz & Pavon names. Harvard Pap. Bot. 7(2): 423-436.

_____ 2004. De Macrocarpaeae Grisebach (ex Gentianaceis) speciebus novis V: Twenty-three new species largely from Peru, and typification of all species in the genus. Harvard Pap. Bot. 9(1): 11-49.

_____ 2005. De Macrocarpaeae Grisebach (ex Gentianaceis) speciebus novis VI: seed morphology, palynology, an infrageneric classification, and another twenty-three new species, largely from Colombia. Harvard Pap. Bot. 9(2): 305-342.

_____ 2007. De Macrocarpaeae Grisebach (ex Gentianaceis) speciebus novis VII: four new species and two natural hybrids. Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(2): 129-139.

GRANT, J.R. and L. STRUWE. 2001. De Macrocarpaeae Grisebach (ex Gentianaceis) speciebus novis I: An introduction to the genus Macrocarpaea and three new species from Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana. Harvard Pap. Bot. 5: 489-498.

_____ and _____ 2003. De Macrocarpaeae Grisebach (ex Gentianaceis) speciebus novis III: Six new species of moon-gentians (Macrocarpaea, Gentianaceae: Helieae) from Parque Nacional Podocarpus, Ecuador. Harvard Pap. Bot. 8(1): 61-81.

GRANT, J.R. and R.E. WEAVER. 2003. De Macrocarpaeae Grisebach (ex Gentianaceis) speciebus novis IV: Twelve new species of Macrocarpaea (Gentianaceae: Helieae) from Central and South America, and the first report of the presence of a stipule in the family. Harvard Pap. Bot. 8(1): 83-109.

GRISEBACH, A. H. R. 1839 [1838]. Genera et Species Gentianarum. Stuttgart.

NILSSON, S. 1968. Pollen morphology in the genus Macrocarpaea (Gentianaceae) and its taxonomical significance. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 62: 338-364.

STRUWE, L., and V. A. ALBERT. Eds. 2002. Gentianaceae: Systematics and Natural History. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

THIV, M., AND J. R. GRANT. 2002. Macrocarpaea (Gentianaceae) In: Flora de la República de Cuba, Fasc. 6(1): 23-26.

WEAVER, R. E. 1969. Cytotaxonomic notes on some neotropical Gentianaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 56: 439-443.

_____ 1972b. The genus Macrocarpaea in Costa Rica. J. Arnold Arb. 53: 553-557.

_____ 1974. The reduction of Rusbyanthus and the tribe Rusbyantheae (Gentianaceae). J. Arnold Arb. 55: 300-302.

_____ AND L. Rüdenberg. 1975. Cytotaxonomic notes on some Gentianaceae. J. Arnold Arb. 56(2): 211-222.

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