Deppea is a genus of flowering plants in the family RubiaceaeSchlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von & Adelbert von Chamisso 1830. Linnaea 5: 167-168 native to the region from Mexico to Central America, and from Brazil to Argentina.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
Description Deppea are slender shrubs or small trees with oppositely arranged, or rarely whorled leaves.Lorence, D. H., & Dwyer, J. D. (1988). A REVISION OF DEPPEA (RUBIACEAE). Allertonia, 4(7), 389–436. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23188172 Cytology The chromosome count of Deppea blumenaviensis is 2n = 28.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
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 as the type species. Within the subfamily Dialypetalanthoideae it is placed in the tribe Hamelieae.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. 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.
References
External links Deppea in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae