Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria kupensis Cheek

First published in Kew Bull. 63: 243 (2008)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Cameroon. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Bulletin

  • Cheek, M., Pollard, B. J., Darbyshire, I., Onana, J.-M. & Wild, C. (2004). The Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mts, Cameroon, a Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  • Petit, E. (1964). Les espèces Africaines du genre Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae). I. Bull. Jard. Bot. État. Bruxelles 34: 1 – 228.
  • Robbrecht, E. (1988) Tropical woody Rubiaceae. Characteristic features and progressions. Contributions to a new subfamilial classification. Opera Bot. Belg. 1.
  • Stoffelen, P., Robbrecht, E. & Smets, E. (1997). Adapted to the rain forest floor: a remarkable new dwarf Coffea (Rubiaceae) from Lower Guinea (tropical Africa). Taxon 46: 37 – 47.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Muasya, A.M. [119], Cameroon K000198520 No
Mar 1, 2002 Ryan, P. [313], Cameroon K000025972 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2477], Cameroon K000025970 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cable, S. [3686], Cameroon K000025969 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [10325], Cameroon K000025971 No
Cheek, M. [7668], Cameroon K000025968 holotype 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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