Psychotria pubescens

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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.

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,624 meters (0 to 8,609 feet).[1]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Myrstiphyllum pubescens (Sw.) C. L. Hitchc. • Psychotria glauca Pol. • Psychotria horizontalis var. cuspidata Dc. • Psychotria mollis Poir. • Psychotria scabriuscula Bartl. ex Dc. • Uragoga glauca (Pol.) Kuntze • Uragoga mollis (Poir.) Kuntze • Uragoga pubescens (Sw.) Kuntze • Uragoga scabriuscula< /i> (Bartl. Ex Dc.) 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

• A contribution to the botany of the Isle of Pines, Cuba, based upon the specimens of plants from that island contained in the herbarium of the Carnegie Museum under date of October, 1916. By O.E. Jennings. n.p., 1917 url p. 263, p. 268.
• A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; together with the characters of the genera and species, and an enumeration of the cultivated varieties. .. the scientific names accentuated, t By George Don. London, J.G. and F. Rivington [etc.]1831-38. url p. 591.
• A provisional list of the indigenous and naturalized flowering plants of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, Aston W. Gardner & Co., 1893. url .
• An annotated catalogue of types of the University of Illinois mycological collections (ILL) / Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1997. url p. 150, p. 179, p. 37.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 268, p. 499.
• Annual report Missouri Botanical Garden. 4 1892 St. Louis: Board of Trustees, 1890-1912. url p. 95.
• Biologia centrali-americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. London, Pub. for the editors by R. H. Porter and Dulau & co., 1879-88. url .
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23 1920-1926 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 1389, p. 226.
• Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 8 1942 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 71.
• Dedication papers: scientific papers presented at the dedication of the laboratory building and plant houses, April 19-21, 1917. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1918. url p. 94.
• Flora Costaricensis / William Burger, editor. 33 1993 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1993. url p. 253, p. 263, p. 269, p. 276, p. 326, p. 332.
• Flora of Costa Rica. .. by Paul C. Standley. .. 18 1938 Chicago, 1937. url p. 1358.
• Flora of Guatemala / by Paul C. Standley and Louis O. Williams. 24 1975 Chicago, ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1975. url p. 160, p. 163.
• Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island, by William Fawcett and Alfred Barton Rendle. London.Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1910- url p. 101.
• Flora of Yucatan, by Paul C. Standley. 3 1930 Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1930. url p. 430.
• Flora of the Aguan valley and the coastal regions near La Ceiba, Honduras, by T. G. Yuncker. 9 1940 [Chicago]1940. url p. 341.
• Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras, by Paul C. Standley. 10 1931 Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1931. url p. 373.
• Hooker's journal of botany and Kew Garden miscellany. 5 1853 London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1849-1857. url p. 50.
• Illinois biological monographs. Urbana, Univ. of Illinois Press. url p. 541.
• Memoirs / Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Garden, 1918-1936. url p. 94.
• Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 73 1999 [St. Louis, Mo.]: Missouri Botanical Garden, 1978- url p. 117, p. 123, p. 128, p. 132, p. 133.
• Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 278.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 231.
• Praenunciae bahamenses-- I. Contributions to a flora of the Bahamian archipelago. By Charles Frederick Millspaugh. 2 1906 Chicago, 1906. url p. 172.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 386.
• Studies of American plants, by Paul C. Standley. 4 1929 Chicago, 1929-1940. url p. 344.
• The Bahama flora, New York, The Authors, 1920. url .
• The Bahama flora, by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Charles Frederick Millspaugh. New York, The authors, 1920. url p. 418, p. 418, p. 418, p. 418.
• The Rubiaceae of Venezuela, by Paul C. Standley. 7 1931 Chicago, 1931. url p. 435.
• The flora of the American Virgin Islands / N.L. Britton. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1918. url p. 94.
• The forests and flora of British Honduras / by Paul C. Standley and Samuel J. Record; in cooperation with the Conservator of Forests and the Agricultural Officer of the Colony. 12 1936 Chicago: [Field Museum of Natural History], 1936. url p. 388.
• The genus Meliola in Porto Rico, including descriptions of sixty-two new species and varieties and a synopsis of all known Porto Rican forms. With five plates. By Frank Lincoln Stevens. Urbana, University of Illinois, 1916 url p. 73.
• Trees and shrubs of Mexico / By Paul C. Standley. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1920-1926. url p. 1389.
• Wrightia. 7 1981-1984 Richardson, Tex. [etc.]University of Texas at Dallas. url p. 166, p. 216.

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 November 25, 2007:

• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium Darwin Core format
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, MEXU/Plantas Vasculares

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2657055
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-169382
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14263504
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:763128-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 35126
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PSPU
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 55323

Footnotes

1. Mean = 259.550 meters (851.542 feet), Standard Deviation = 738.230 based on 696 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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