Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria samoritourei Cheek

First published in Kew Bull. 71(2)-19: 4 (2016)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Guinea to Liberia. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Bulletin

  • Adam, J. G. (1971 – 1983). Flore descriptive de Monts Nimba, 6 parts. Parts 1 – 4: Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. II/B 24, 25. Parts 5 – 6: CNRS, Paris.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte D’Ivoire. 1. Boissiera 57.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte D’Ivoire. 1. Boissiera 58.
  • Champluvier, D. & Darbyshire, I. (2009). A revision of the genera Brachystephanus and Oreacanthus (Acanthaceae) in tropical Africa. Syst. Geogr. Pl. 79: 115 – 192.
  • Cheek, M. & van der Burgt, X. (2010). Gymnosiphon samoritoureanus (Burmanniaceae) a new species from Guinea, with new records of other achlorophyllous heteromycotrophs. Kew Bull. 65: 83 – 88.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • De Wildeman, E. (1906). Mission Ėmile Laurent 1903–1904, vol. 1. Etat Independant du Congo, Brussels.
  • Fischer, E., Darbyshire, I. & Cheek, M. (2011). Striga magnibracteata (Orobanchaceae) a new species from Guinée and Mali. Kew Bull. 66: 441 – 445.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Goyder, D. J. (2009). Xysmalobium samoritourei (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from the Guinea Highlands of West Africa. Kew Bull. 63: 473 – 475. doi: 10.1007/s12225-008-9059-1.
  • Hepper, F. N. & Neate, F. (1971). Plant Collectors in West Africa, Regnum Veg. 74. IAPT, Utrecht.
  • Hepper, F. N. (1963). Psychotria. In: F. N. Hepper (ed.), Flora of West tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 193 – 202. Crown Agents, London.
  • IUCN (2012). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.
  • Jaeger, P. & Adam, J. G. (1980 – 1981). Recensement des végétaux vasculaires des Monts Loma (Sierra Leone) et des piedmont. 2 parts. Boissiera 32, 33.
  • Keay, R. W. J. (1954). Botanical Exploration in West Africa, In: R. W. J. Keay (ed.), Flora of West tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1. Crown Agents, London.
  • Petit, E. (1964). Les espèces Africaines du genre Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae). I. Bull. Jard. Bot. État. Bruxelles 34: 1 – 228.
  • Phillips, S. M. & Mesterházy, A. (2015). Revision of small ephemeral species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) in West Africa with long involucral bracts. Kew Bull. 70: 5. doi: 10.1007/s12225-014-9557-2.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Prance, G. T. & Jongkind, C. C. H. (2015). A revision of African Lecythidaceae. Kew Bull. 70: 6. doi: 10.1007/s12225-014-9547-4.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Thiers, B. (continuously updated). Index Herbariorum. http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/
  • White, F. (1983). The Vegetation of Africa: a descriptive memoir to accompany the UNESCO/AETFAT/UNSO vegetation map of Africa. Unesco, Switzerland.
  • Wikipedia contributors (2006). Samori, page last revised 20 Dec. 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samori&oldid=95430820. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopaedia.
  • van der Burgt, X. M., Haba, P. K., Haba, P. M. & Goman, A. S. (2012). Eriosema triformum (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new unifoliolate species from Guines, West Africa. Kew. Bull. 67: 263 – 271.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Adam, J.G. [20548], Liberia K000582037 holotype Yes
Jul 1, 2007 van der Burgt, X.M. [825] 74898.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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 Bulletin

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