Marcgravia grandifolia

Marcgravia grandifolia is a species of plant in the Marcgraviaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.

Marcgravia grandifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Marcgraviaceae
Genus: Marcgravia
Species:
M. grandifolia
Binomial name
Marcgravia grandifolia

Ecology

The plant's natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The green-crowned brilliant hummingbird feeds at the large inflorescences of the Marcgravia grandifolia vine.

gollark: We wouldn't have... cryptography, modern computers, modern physics and probably chemistry, compression...
gollark: Mathematics is behind SO MANY USEFUL THINGS.
gollark: HERESY
gollark: They can make shelter and stuff using the Banach-Tarski paradox.
gollark: Mathematicians, in fact, require no worldly posessions, because they feed themselves by proving that they have food and water.

References

  1. Santiana, J. & Pitman, N. 2004. Marcgravia grandifolia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.


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