Deprea

Deprea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Deprea
Raf. (1838)
Synonyms

Larnax Miers (1849)

Deprea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

It includes 55 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Costa Rica to Venezuela, Northern Brazil, and Bolivia.

The genus name of Deprea is in honour of Alexandre-Armand Desprez (1747–1829), a French doctor and botanist.

Species

55 species are accepted.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Deprea Raf. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.