Marcelliopsis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Marcelliopsis

Species: M. denudata – M. splendens – M. welwitschii
Name

Marcelliopsis Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 48. (1934).

Type: Marcelliopsis welwitschii (Hook.f.) Schinz

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Marcellia Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 625. (1886), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Marcellia Mart. ex Choisy, 1844, Convolvulaceae)
Type: Marcellia mirabilis Baill.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
Southern Africa
Namibia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Schinz, H. 1934. Amarantaceae, in: Engler, A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed.2. 16c, Engelmann, Leipzig: 7–85, 585–586. Reference page. : 48
Baillon, H. 1886. Liste des plantes de Madagascar (suite de la page 544). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 548–552, 557–560, 562–568, 572–576, 582–584, 586–592, 594–600, 604–608, 614–616, 623–624. BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL Reference page. 625

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Marcelliopsis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Marcelliopsis. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 13 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Marcelliopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 13. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Marcelliopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 13.

Marcelliopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It is within the subfamily of Amaranthoideae.

It is native to Angola and Namibia.[1]

The genus name of Marcelliopsis is in honour of Claudia Marcella Major (fl. 1st century BC), Roman noblewoman.[2] It was first described and published in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.2, Vol.16c on page 48 in 1934.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Marcelliopsis denudata (Hook.f.) Schinz
Marcelliopsis splendens (Schinz) Schinz
Marcelliopsis welwitschii (Hook.f.) Schinz

References

"Marcelliopsis Schinz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 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.