Hampea
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| Hampea trilobata in flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Gossypieae |
| Genus: | Hampea Schltdl.[1] |
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Hampea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. They are trees native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are about 21 species.[2]
Species include:[3]
- Hampea appendiculata
- Hampea breedlovei
- Hampea dukei
- Hampea micrantha
- Hampea montebellensis
- Hampea reynae – Majagua
- Hampea sphaerocarpa
- Hampea thespesioides
- Hampea trilobata
Ecology
Lepidoptera whose caterpillars feed on Hampea include Macrosoma conifera and one or two taxa of the two-barred flasher (Astraptes fulgerator) cryptic species complex.[4][5]
References
- ^ "genus Hampea". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Jones, R. W., Fryxell, P. A., & Baro, D. M. (1997). Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Hampea (Malvales: Malvaceae: Gossypieae). Anales del Instituto de Biología. Serie Botánica, 68(1), 21-42.
- ^ Hampea. The Plant List.
- ^ Brower, Andrew V.Z. (2006): Problems with DNA barcodes for species delimitation: ‘ten species’ of Astraptes fulgerator reassessed (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 4(2): 127–132. doi:10.1017/S147720000500191X PDF fulltext Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hébert, Paul D.N.; Penton, Erin H.; Burns, John M.; Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie (2004): Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the semitropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator. PNAS 101(41): 14812-14817. doi:10.1073/pnas.0406166101 PDF fulltext Supporting Appendices these were recorded on H. appendiculata.
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