Psychotria viridis Ruiz & Pav.
First published in Fl. Peruv. 2: 61 (1799)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Chiapas) to Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.
Distribution
Native to:
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Brazil Southeast
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Palicourea viridis (Ruiz & Pav.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 5: 195 (1819)
- Uragoga viridis (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 963 (1891)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Psychotria glomerata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 362 (1819)
- Psychotria microdesmia Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852: 36 (1853)
- Psychotria trispicata Griseb. in Pl. Wright. 2: 509 (1862)
- Uragoga glomerata (Kunth) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 960 (1891)
- Uragoga microdesmia (Oerst.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 961 (1891)
- Uragoga trispicata (Griseb.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 963 (1891)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
- Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
- Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
- Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
- Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1988 | Oersted [9] | K000174191 | isotype | Yes | |
Oct 3, 1987 | Peru | K001432474 | Yes | ||
Apr 2, 1983 | Peru | K001432472 | Yes | ||
Aug 26, 1957 | Peru | K001432505 | Yes | ||
Plowman, T. [5887], Peru | 44575.000 | No | |||
Krukoff, B.A. [5420], Brazil | K001200523 | Yes | |||
Krukoff, B.A. [4699], Brazil | K001200527 | Yes | |||
Krukoff, B.A. [5130], Brazil | K001200522 | Yes | |||
Krukoff, B.A. [5463], Brazil | K001200529 | Yes | |||
Krukoff, B.A. [5420], Brazil | K001200524 | Yes | |||
Krukoff, B.A. [5463], Brazil | K001200530 | Yes | |||
Prance, G.T. [7534], Brazil | K001200525 | Yes | |||
Krukoff, B.A. [4699], Brazil | K001200528 | Yes | |||
Krukoff, B.A. [5130], Brazil | K001200526 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432467 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432468 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432469 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432470 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432471 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432473 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432475 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432476 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432477 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432478 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432479 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432480 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432481 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432482 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432483 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432484 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432486 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432487 | Yes | |||
Killip, E.P. [8362], Colombia | K001432488 | Yes | |||
Callejas, R.; Marulanda, O. [5939], Colombia | K001432489 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001432490 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001432491 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001432492 | Yes | |||
Bolivia | K001432493 | Yes | |||
Bolivia | K001432494 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432495 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432496 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432497 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432498 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432499 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432500 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432501 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432502 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432503 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432504 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432506 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001432507 | Yes | |||
Wright, C. [1280], Cuba | Psychotria trispicata | K000174250 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0