Biology:Deppea
Deppea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae[1] native to the region from Mexico to Central America, and from Brazil to Argentina.[2]
Description
Deppea are slender shrubs or small trees with oppositely arranged, or rarely whorled leaves.[3]
Cytology
The chromosome count of Deppea blumenaviensis is 2n = 28.[4]
Taxonomy
It was described by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal and Adelbert von Chamisso in 1830[1] with Deppea erythrorhiza Schltdl. & Cham. as the type species.[5] Within the subfamily Dialypetalanthoideae it is placed in the tribe Hamelieae.[6]
Species
- Deppea amaranthina Standl. & Steyerm.
- Deppea amaranthoides Borhidi
- Deppea anisophylla L.O.Williams
- Deppea arachnipoda (Borhidi & Salas-Mor.) Borhidi
- Deppea blumenaviensis (K.Schum.) Lorence
- Deppea cornifolia (Benth.) Benth.
- Deppea densiflora Borhidi & Reyes-Garcia
- Deppea ehrenbergii Standl.
- Deppea erythrorhiza Schltdl. & Cham.
- Deppea foliosa Borhidi, Salas-Mor. & E.Martinez
- Deppea grandiflora Schltdl.
- Deppea guerrerensis Dwyer & Lorence
- Deppea hamelioides Standl.
- Deppea hernandezii Lorence
- Deppea hintonii Bullock
- Deppea hoffmannioides Borhidi
- Deppea inaequalis Standl. & Steyerm.
- Deppea keniae Borhidi & Saynes
- Deppea longifolia Borhidi
- Deppea martinez-calderonii Lorence
- Deppea microphylla Greenm.
- Deppea nitida Borhidi & Salas-Mor.
- Deppea oaxacana Lorence
- Deppea obtusiflora (Benth.) Benth.
- Deppea pauciflora Borhidi & E.Martinez
- Deppea pubescens Hemsl.
- Deppea purpurascens Lorence
- Deppea purpusii Standl.
- Deppea rubrinervis Borhidi
- Deppea rupicola Borhidi
- Deppea serboi Borhidi & K.Velasco
- Deppea sousae Borhidi
- Deppea splendens Breedlove
- Deppea tenuiflora Benth.
- Deppea tubaeana Borhidi
- Deppea umbellata Hemsl.
Distribution and habitat
It occurs in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama.[2] The centre of diversity is in the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von & Adelbert von Chamisso 1830. Linnaea 5: 167-168
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Deppea Schltdl. & Cham. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved August 31, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328103-2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lorence, D. H., & Dwyer, J. D. (1988). A REVISION OF DEPPEA (RUBIACEAE). Allertonia, 4(7), 389–436. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23188172
- ↑ Kiehn, M., & Berger, A. (2020). NEOTROPICAL RUBIACEAE: SYNTHESIS OF CHROMOSOME DATA FROM COSTA RICAN TAXA, WITH INSIGHTS ON THE SYSTEMATICS OF THE FAMILY. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 105(4), 423–458. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27098317
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedTropicos - ↑ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=3517. Accessed 31 August 2025.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5260817 entry
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