Deprea, Rafinesque, 1838

Identification Key View in CoL

Based on field observations and examinations of recent herbarium collections, we provide a new key to Deprea species with additional previously unpublished characters.

1. Corolla urceolate, orange, 9.5–11 mm, the lobes very short, ca. 0.6 mm long. Fruits ellipsoidal. Low shrubs ca. 0.30 m tall. Paramo. Southern Ecuador and northern Peru........................................................ D. ecuatoriana ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 )

- Corolla clearly funnel-shaped or narrowly campanulate, never orange, (7–) 9–23 mm, the lobes relatively long, 1.5– 8 mm long. Fruits subglobose or ovoid. Shrubs 0.5–5 m tall. Montane cloud forests in South America ................... 2

2. Corolla narrowly campanulate, purple ......................................................................................................................... 3

- Corolla funnel-shaped, violet, lilac, yellowish cream or creamy white ..................................................................... 4

3. Calyx teeth 0.3–0.6 mm long. Corolla tube as long as or slightly longer than the lobes. Fruiting pedicels pendent, the fruiting calyx orange or reddish orange, urceolate, not invaginated at the base, slightly 5–10-costate and tightly enveloping the berry. Southern Ecuador. ............................................................................ D. zamorae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A-D, 3)

- Calyx lobes 1–2.5 mm long. Corolla tube two times longer than the lobes. Fruiting pedicels erect, the fruiting calyx purple, pyriform, invaginated at the base, strongly 5-costate and loosely enveloping the berry. West-Central Colombia......................................................................................................................................... D. cyanocarpa ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 )

4. Corolla creamy white, glabrous inside. Central Bolivia.......................................................... D. cardenasiana ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 )

- Corolla mostly to entirely violet, lilac or yellowish cream, occasionally yellowish cream with purple traces inside, pubescent inside ........................................................................................................................................................... 5

5. Pedicels long, 12–20 mm. Filaments 15–20 mm, glabrous. Fruiting calyx not invaginated at the base, tightly enveloping the berry and without conspicuous ribs. Corolla lilac, the lobes 4–5 times shorter than the tube. Plants glabrescent. Northern Colombia........................................................................................................... D. nubicola ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 )

- Pedicels relatively short, less than 12 mm. Filaments 4–11 mm, pubescent. Fruiting calyx invaginated or not, loosely enveloping the berry and with 5–10 conspicuous ribs. Corolla violet or yellowish cream (exceptionally yellowish cream with purple), the lobes equal to 1.5–2.5 times shorter than the tube. Plants pubescent ................................. 6

6. Plants dioecious. Filaments 2–3.1 mm. Berry whitish cream. Fruiting calyx subglobse, not invaginated. Corolla blue–violet. Northwestern Venezuela............................................................................................... D. paneroi ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 )

- Plants hermaphroditic. Filaments 4.6–10 mm. Berry orange or yellowish orange. Fruiting calyx pyriform, usually invaginated .................................................................................................................................................................... 7

7. Corolla yellowish cream, exceptionally yellowish cream with purple, 10.5–19 mm. Branched trichomes present on leaf surfaces and margin. Andes from Venezuela to Ecuador............................................. D. orinocensis ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 )

- Corolla entirely violet, 9–13 mm. Branched trichomes absent on leaf surfaces and margin ...................................... 8

8. Pedicels 4–6 mm. Calyx 2.5–3 mm. Corolla deep violet, glandular pubescent outside. Anthers 1.1–1.4 mm. Fruiting calyx greenish yellow or cream with violet apices. Andes from Venezuela to Ecuador......... D. bitteriana ( Fig. 2I View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 )

- Pedicels 3–12(–15) mm. Calyx 4–5 mm. Corolla pale violet, glabrous or glabrescent outside. Anthers 2–2.7 mm. Fruiting calyx white with purple veins. Northern Peru and southern Ecuador..................... D. cuyacensis ( Fig. 2J View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 )