Psychotria megacoma Miq.
First published in Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 284 (1857)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Malesia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Uragoga megacoma (Miq.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 961 (1891)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Grumilea aurantiaca var. lutescens Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 297 (1857)
- Grumilea aurantiaca var. parvifolia Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 297 (1857)
- Grumilea aurantiaca var. polyneura Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 1: 547 (1860)
- Grumilea aurantiaca var. subplumbea Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 297 (1857)
- Psychotria aurantiaca Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 962 (1826), nom. illeg.
- Psychotria aurantiaca var. lutescens (Miq.) Boerl. in Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2(1): 138 (1891)
- Psychotria aurantiaca var. parvifolia (Miq.) Boerl. in Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2(1): 138 (1891)
- Psychotria aurantiaca var. polyneura (Miq.) Boerl. in Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2(1): 138 (1891)
- Psychotria aurantiaca var. subplumbea (Miq.) Boerl. in Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2(1): 138 (1891)
- Psychotria valetonii Hochr. in Candollea 5: 266 (1934)
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.
- Middleton, J.D. (ed.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 13: 1-654. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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
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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