Deppea

Deppea
Deppea splendens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Hamelieae
Genus: Deppea
Schltdl. & Cham.
Type species
Deppea erythrorhiza
Species

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Synonyms
  • Bellizinca Borhidi
  • Choristes Benth.
  • Csapodya Borhidi
  • Deppeopsis Borhidi & Strancz.
  • Edithea Standl.
  • Schenckia K.Schum.

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

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). Deppea Schltdl. & Cham. Tropicos. Retrieved August 31, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40028372
  2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von & Adelbert von Chamisso 1830. Linnaea 5: 167-168
  4. 1 2 Lorence, D. H., & Dwyer, J. D. (1988). A REVISION OF DEPPEA (RUBIACEAE). Allertonia, 4(7), 389–436. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23188172
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ 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.