Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria obtusifolia Lam. ex Poir.

First published in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 697 (1804)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mauritius, Madagascar. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Madagascar

Extinct in:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gardner [s.n.], Mauritius K000771830 Yes
Bouton [s.n.], Mauritius K000771831 Yes
Forbes [s.n.], Madagascar K000771832 Yes

Sources

  • 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