Marcgravia
noun
Marc·gra·via
märkˈgrāvēə,
mȧkˈ-
: a genus (the type of the family Marcgraviaceae) of tropical American epiphytic woody vines that have vegetative shoots with 2-ranked closely appressed sessile leaves and flowering shoots with spreading petiolate leaves
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Georg Markgraf †1644 German naturalist and traveler in South America + New Latin -ia