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Description
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style, and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 132 meters (433 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Gentianales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Subfamily:
Rubioideae
()
- Tribe:
Psychotrieae
()
- Genus:
Psychotria
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1759, nom. cons.
- Subgenus:
nom
()
- Specific epithet:
poliostemma
- Benth.
- Botanical name: - Psychotria poliostemma Benth.
- Specific epithet:
poliostemma
- Benth.
- Subgenus:
nom
(
- Genus:
Psychotria
(
- Tribe:
Psychotrieae
(
- Subfamily:
Rubioideae
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Gentianales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Uragoga poliostemma (Benth.) Kuntze
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Psychotria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. berteriana (Psychotria) · P. brachiata (Palo De Cachimbo) · P. deflexa (Nodding Wild Coffee) · P. domingensis (Cheakyberry) · P. fauriei (Koolau Range Wild Coffee) · P. garberiana (Psychotria) · P. glabrata (Browne's Wild Coffee) · P. grandiflora (Large-Flowered Balsamo) · P. grandis (Cachimbo Grande) · P. greenwelliae (Kauai Wild Coffee) · P. guadalupensis (Guadalupe Wild Coffee) · P. hathewayi (Waianae Range Wild Coffee) · P. hathewayi Fosberg var. brevipetiolata Fosberg (Waianae Range Wild Coffee) · P. hawaiiensis (Kopiko 'ula) · P. hawaiiensis (Gray) Fosberg var. scoriacea (Rock) Fosberg (Kopiko 'ula) · P. hexandra (Woodland Wild Coffee) · P. hobdyi (Hobdy's Wild-Coffee) · P. hoffmannseggiana (Hoffmannsegg's Wild Coffee) · P. insularum (Island Wild Coffee) · P. ipecacuanha (Ipecac) · P. kaduana (Kopiko Kea) · P. ligustrifolia (Bahama Coffee) · P. maleolens (Cachimbo De Gato) · P. maricaensis (Cachimbo De Maricao) · P. mariniana (Forest Wild Coffee) · P. mauiensis ('opiko) · P. microdon (Thicket Wild Coffee) · P. nervosa (Seminole Balsamo) · P. nutans (Floating Balsamo) · P. peteri (Wild Coffee) · P. pubescens (Hairy Wild Coffee) · P. punctata (Dotted Wild Coffee) · P. revoluta (Curl-Leaf Wild Coffee) · P. rufipes (White Wild Coffee) · P. tenuifolia (Shortleaf Wild Coffee) · P. viridis (Amiruca Panga) · P. wawrae (Leatherleaf Wild Coffee)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 05, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9966524
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-169315
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14249809
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:763068-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2162376
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 244.030 based on 19 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
