Hampea Explained

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.^[1]

Species include:^[2]

• Hampea appendiculata
• Hampea breedlovei
• Hampea dukei
• Hampea micrantha
• Hampea montebellensis
• Hampea reynae  - Majagua
• Hampea sphaerocarpa
• Hampea thespesioides
• 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.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Malvaceae/Hampea/ Hampea.
3. (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
4. (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.