Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria calva Hiern

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 199 (1877), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 106.
  • in F.T.A. 3: 199 (1877)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [1878], Cameroon K000436914 No
Mar 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [2890], Cameroon K000026184 No
Mar 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1386], Cameroon K000026186 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2706], Cameroon K000026183 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7035], Cameroon K000026181 No
Mar 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1368], Cameroon K000026185 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7013], Cameroon K000026182 No
Mar 1, 2002 Lane, P. [395], Cameroon K000026180 No
Jan 1, 1996 Akogo, M. [267], Cameroon K000085647 No
Jan 1, 1988 Etuge, M. [427], Cameroon K000510924 No
Jan 1, 1963 Williams, T.L. [228], Ghana K000379520 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Chev. [19951], Ivory Coast K000379521 Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Chevalier, A. [12660], Guinea K000379522 syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Mann, G. [966], Gabon K000412185 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Vogel [190], Bioko K000412186 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Barter [2204], Nigeria K000379519 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8408], Nigeria 24676.000 No
Vogel [190], Bioko K000412187 Unknown type material Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4527], Bioko K000412188 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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