''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 Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...

. 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 (biology), family Malvaceae. They are trees native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are about 21 species. Species include: * ''Hampea appendiculata'' * ''Hampea breedlovei'' ...

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Hampea breedlovei ''Hampea breedlovei'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Mexico. References

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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, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. ...

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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. The species occurs in rainforest up to 1,000 m. References Hampea micrantha
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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, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and ...

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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, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered o ...

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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 or habitat reduction) occurs when a natur ...

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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 primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, i ...

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Hampea trilobata ''Hampea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Malvaceae. They are trees native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are about 21 species. Species include: * ''Hampea appendiculata'' * ''Hampea breedlovei'' ...

Ecology

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whose

caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder ...

s feed on ''Hampea'' include '' Macrosoma conifera'' and one or two

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

(''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