Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria mahonii C.H.Wright

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 106 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Sudan and S. Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Psychotria capensis var. puberula.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. H. Wright in K. B. 1906: 106 (1906).
  • De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 2: 386 (1924).
  • Petit in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 34: 210 (1964).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 10, 2004 Frimodt-Moller, C. [TZ084], Tanzania K000172914 No
Dec 12, 1984 Whyte, A. [s.n.], Malawi K000412301 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Mahon [597-1898], Malawi K000412302 holotype Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8184], Zambia Psychotria mushiticola 23924.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3164], Zambia Psychotria mushiticola 35197.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [10819], Tanzania Psychotria robynsiana 28452.000 No
Dec 11, 1984 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [563], Zimbabwe Psychotria mahonii var. puberula K000412300 isotype Yes
Dec 11, 1984 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [563], Zimbabwe Psychotria mahonii var. puberula K000412299 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Schlieben, H.J. [1168A], Tanzania Psychotria mahonii var. puberula K000412271 isotype Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1263], Sudan Psychotria mahonii var. puberula K000412284 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Thomas, A.S. [Th.845], Uganda Psychotria mahonii var. pubescens K000412270 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Maas, R.A. [5749], Kenya Psychotria mahonii var. pubescens K000412269 isotype Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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