Deppea
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Deppea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae native to the region from Mexico to Central America, and from Brazil to Argentina.
Description
Deppea are slender shrubs or small trees with oppositely arranged, or rarely whorled leaves.
Cytology
The chromosome count of Deppea blumenaviensis is 2n = 28.
Taxonomy
The genus is named in honor of Ferdinand Deppe (1794-1861), who collected the type species during a botanical expedition to Veracruz, Mexico with C.J.W. Schiede in 1828-1829. It was described by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal and Adelbert von Chamisso in 1830 with Deppea erythrorhiza Schltdl. & Cham. as the type species. Within the subfamily Dialypetalanthoideae it is placed in the tribe Hamelieae.
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. The centre of diversity is in the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala.