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.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.
Species 21 species are accepted. Hampea albipetala Hampea appendiculata Hampea bracteolata Hampea breedlovei Hampea integerrima Hampea lanceolata Hampea longipes Hampea mexicana Hampea micrantha Hampea montebellensis Hampea nutricia Hampea ovatifolia Hampea platanifolia Hampea punctulata Hampea reynae – majagua Hampea rovirosae Hampea sphaerocarpa Hampea stipitata Hampea thespesioides Hampea tomentosa Hampea trilobata
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. (2006): Problems with DNA barcodes for species delimitation: ‘ten species’ of Astraptes fulgerator reassessed (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 4(2): 127–132. PDF fulltext (2004): Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the semitropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator. PNAS 101(41): 14812-14817. PDF fulltext Supporting Appendices these were recorded on H. appendiculata.
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