Psychotria albicaulis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Psychotrieae
Genus: Psychotria
Species: Psychotria albicaulis
Subspecies: P. a. subsp. albicaulis – P. a. subsp. voltensis

Name

Psychotria albicaulis Scott Elliot, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 83 (1894)

• Typus:
  • Lectotypus: G.F. Scott Elliot 5312 (March [1891]; K [​K000379541^(JSTOR)] fide Petit 1964: 69; isolectotypus: BM [​BM000903365^(JSTOR)]; photos: BR {BR0000009859098^(JSTOR), BR0000009859753^(JSTOR)}) .
  • Syntypi: G.F. Scott Elliot 5124 (10 March [1892]; BM [​BM000903364^(JSTOR)], K [​K000379540^(JSTOR)]).
• Type locality:
  • Lectotypus: Guinea. In river-woods, Erimakuna[​Hérémakonon?] to Farana[​Faranah] on Niger, 3000–4000 ft. alt.
  • Syntypi: Sierra Leone. Near Musaia (head of small Scarcies drainage area 2000–3000 ft. alt.), near Falaba.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Psychotria nigrescens De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 2: 393 (1924), nom. illeg., non M.Martens & Galeotti (1844) [= Psychotria mexiae Standl.]; not accepted by Petit (1964) [cited as Psychotria albicaulis]
    • Typus: A.J.B. Chevalier 20938 (17 March 1909; syntypi: P {P00553326^(JSTOR), P00553327^(JSTOR)}; isosyntypi: BR {BR0000009859418^(JSTOR), BR0000009859746^(JSTOR)}) et A.J.B. Chevalier 20940 (17 March 1909; syntypus: P [​P00553325^(JSTOR)]; isosyntypus: BR [​BR0000009859425^(JSTOR)]).
    • Type locality: Guinée française[Guinea]. Pays de Guerzés, entre Boola et Moribadou.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Homonyms

• Psychotria albicaulis Valeton, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 61(2–3): 80 (1927), nom. illeg. [Unplaced name]

References

Primary references

• Scott Elliot, G.F. 1894. On the Botanical Results of the Sierra Leone Boundary Commision. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 30(206): 64–100. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• De Wildeman, E. 1923–1924. Plantae Bequaertianae études sur les récoltes botaniques du Dr. J. Bequaert, chargé de missions au Congo Belge (1913-1915) 2: 569 pp. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Hepper, F.N. & Keay, R.W.J. 1963. Rubiaceae. In: Hepper, F.N. (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations, pp. 104–223. Reference page.  [see this entry.]
• Petit, E. 1964. Les espèces africaines du genre Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae): I. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles 34(1): 1–160. DOI: 10.2307/3667373 Reference page.  [see pages 68–69.]
• Lachenaud, O. 2019. Révision du genre Psychotria (Rubiaceae) en Afrique Occidentale et Centrale. Opera Botanica Belgica 17: 1–909. ISBN 9789492663184 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Psychotria albicaulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Psychotria albicaulis. Published online. Accessed: 2 June 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Psychotria albicaulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 June 2022.