Hampea

Hampea
Hampea trilobata in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Gossypieae
Genus: Hampea
Schltdl.[1]
Species

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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]

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

  1. "genus Hampea". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. Hampea. The Plant List.
  4. 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
  5. 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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