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Deppea
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Deppea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae[3] native to the region from Mexico to Central America, and from Brazil to Argentina.[2]
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Description
Deppea are slender shrubs or small trees with oppositely arranged, or rarely whorled leaves.[4]
Cytology
The chromosome count of Deppea blumenaviensis is 2n = 28.[5]
Taxonomy
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It was described by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal and Adelbert von Chamisso in 1830[3] with Deppea erythrorhiza Schltdl. & Cham. as the type species.[1] 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.
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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.[4]
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