Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria alba Ruiz & Pav.

First published in Fl. Peruv. 2: 58 (1799)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to S. Venezuela, Peru. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. (2006 publ. 2007). A synopsis of the Rubiaceae of the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to genera, and a preliminary species list. Revista de Biologia Neotropical 3: 13-96. [Cited as Psychotria carthagenensis.]
  • Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás. [Cited as Psychotria carthagenensis.]
  • Delprete, P.G., Smith, L.B., Klein, R.M. (2005). Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 2: 349-842. Herbário "Barbosa Rodrigues", Atají, Brasil. [Cited as Psychotria carthagenensis.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Psychotria carthagenensis.]
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil. [Cited as Psychotria carthagenensis.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 25, 1987 Bolivia K001429673 Yes
Jan 28, 1975 Peru K001430809 Yes
Mar 30, 1973 Peru K001429662 Yes
Jul 23, 1962 Bolivia K001429671 Yes
Feb 1, 1850 Peru K001429661 Yes
Sep 1, 1844 Peru K001429669 Yes
Cardenas, H. [1968], Bolivia K000432857 Yes
Peru K001429654 Yes
Peru K001429655 Yes
Peru K001429656 Yes
Peru K001429657 Yes
Peru K001429658 Yes
Peru K001429659 Yes
Peru K001429660 Yes
Peru K001429663 Yes
Peru K001429664 Yes
Peru K001429665 Yes
Peru K001429666 Yes
Peru K001429667 Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [3657], Peru K001429668 Yes
Bolivia K001429670 Yes
Bolivia K001429672 Yes
Bolivia K001429674 Yes
Bolivia K001429675 Yes
Bolivia K001429676 Yes
Bolivia K001429677 Yes
Panama K001430790 Yes
Colombia K001430791 Yes
Colombia K001430792 Yes
Colombia K001430793 Yes
Colombia K001430794 Yes
Colombia K001430795 Yes
Colombia K001430796 Yes
Colombia K001430797 Yes
Colombia K001430798 Yes
Colombia K001430799 Yes
Colombia K001430800 Yes
Colombia K001430801 Yes
Colombia K001430802 Yes
Colombia K001430803 Yes
Colombia K001430804 Yes
Colombia K001430805 Yes
Colombia K001430806 Yes
Colombia K001430807 Yes
Colombia K001430808 Yes
Ecuador K001430810 Yes
Ecuador K001430811 Yes
Ecuador K001430812 Yes
Ecuador K001430813 Yes
Ecuador K001430814 Yes
Ecuador K001430815 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0