Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria speciosa G.Forst.

First published in Fl. Ins. Austr.: 16 (1786)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Society Islands (Tahiti). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Society Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following 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 Ixora vitiensis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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