''Hampea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the

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Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

. They are trees native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are about 21 species. Species include: * ''

Hampea appendiculata ''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. Species include: * '' Hampea appendiculata'' * '' Hampea breedlovei'' * '' Hampea duke ...

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Hampea breedlovei ''Hampea breedlovei'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the sout ...

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Hampea dukei ''Hampea dukei'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country sp ...

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Hampea micrantha ''Hampea micrantha'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natura ...

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Hampea montebellensis ''Hampea montebellensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the ...

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Hampea reynae ''Hampea reynae'', the majagua, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to the cloud forests of El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de ...

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Hampea sphaerocarpa ''Hampea sphaerocarpa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Guatemala and Honduras. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by ...

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Hampea thespesioides ''Hampea thespesioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—nea ...

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Hampea trilobata ''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. Species include: * ''Hampea appendiculata'' * ''Hampea breedlovei'' * ''Hampea dukei'' ...

Ecology

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s feed on ''Hampea'' include ''

Macrosoma conifera ''Macrosoma conifera'' is moth-like butterfly described by Warren in 1897. It belongs to the family Hedylidae. Originally it belonged to the genus '' Phellinodes''. Malcolm J. Scoble combined it with ''Macrosoma'' in 1986. Distribution The spe ...

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of the

two-barred flasher ''Astraptes fulgerator'', the two-barred flasher, is a spread-wing skipper butterfly in the genus '' Astraptes'' which may constitute a possible cryptic species complex. It ranges all over the Americas, from the southern United States to north ...

(''Astraptes fulgerator'')

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. (2004): Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the semitropical skipper butterfly ''Astraptes fulgerator''. ''

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these were recorded on '' H. appendiculata''.

References

Malvaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gossypieae-stub