Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria lucens Hiern

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 211 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Uganda. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea). Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lachenaud, O. (2009). La flore des plantes vasculaires de la République du Congo: nouvelles données. Systematics and Geography of Plants 79: 199-214.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 2: 385 (1924).
  • G. Taylor in Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé: 213 (1944).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 211 (1877).
  • Petit in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 34: 199, photo. 6/H (1964)
  • Petit in Distr. Pl. Afr. 6, map 173 (1973).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Harris, D.J. [3691], Cameroon K000437602 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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