Rubiaceae

Carapichea Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane: 167 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Nicaragua to S. Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Caroline Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Taylor, C.M. & Gereau, R.E. (2013). The genus Carapichea (Rubiaceae, Psychotrieae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 99: 100-127.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Psychotria.]
  • 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.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2013 Spruce, R. [3334] K000174278 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Spruce, R. [3378] Venezuela K000432841 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2013 unknown [Sprcue, R.] [3445] Venezuela K000432842 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Spruce, R. [3378] Venezuela K000771540 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Spruce, R. [3334] K000174277 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Spruce, R. [2689] Brazil K000174279 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Sebastiao Pinheiro Cordovil et al II [0163] Brazil K000771429 No
Spruce, R. [3445] Venezuela K001436984 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images