Psychotria elliptica (Kunth) Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.

First published in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 189 (1819)
This name is a synonym of Psychotria guianensis

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Taylor, C.M., Gereau, R.E. & Callmander, M. (2020). The identity of Mapouria (Rubiaceae, Psychotrieae). Taxon 69: 1072-1084. [Cited as Psychotria guianensis.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • 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 elliptica.]

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

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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