Rubiaceae
Psychotria

Psychotria babatwoensis Cheek

First published in Kew Bull. 63: 414 (2008 publ. 2009)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Cameroon. It is a shrub 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

  • Cable, S. & Cheek, M. (1998). The Plants of Mount Cameroon, A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M. & Bridson, D. (2002). Two new species of Psychotria (Rubiaceae) from western Cameroon. Kew Bull. 57: 389 – 395.
  • Cheek, M. & Csiba, L. (2002). A revision of the Psychotria chalconeura complex (Rubiaceae) in Guineo-Congolian Africa. Kew Bull. 57: 375 – 387.
  • Cheek, M. & Sonke, B. (2005). Two further new species of Psychotria (Rubiaceae) from western Cameroon. Kew Bull. 60: 293 – 300.
  • Cheek, M. (2004). Vegetation, pp. 13 – 26. In: Y. Harvey, B. J. Pollard, I. Darbyshire, J.-M. Onana, & M. Cheek, The Plants of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M. (2005a). Checklist reveals top new centre of plant diversity. Kew Scientist 27: 3.
  • Cheek, M. (2005b). New species. Kew Scientist 28: 3.
  • Cheek, M. , Dawson, S. E. & Sonké, B. (2004a). Rubiaceae. In: Y. Harvey, B. J. Pollard, I. Darbyshire, J.-M. Onana & M. Cheek, The Plants of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M., Dawson, S. E., Sonké, B. & Bridson, B. (2004b). Rubiaceae. In: M. Cheek, B. J. Pollard, I. Darbyshire, J.-M. Onana & C. Wild, The Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mts, Cameroon, a Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M., Horwath, A. & Haynes, D. (2008). Psychotria kupensis (Rubiaceae) a new dwarf, litter gathering species from western Cameroon. Kew Bull. 63: 243 – 246.
  • Cheek, M., Pollard, B. J., Darbyshire, I., Onana, J.-M. & Wild, C. (2004c). The Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mts, Cameroon, a Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I. (2004). Statistical Summary. In: M. Cheek, B. J. Pollard, I. Darbyshire, J.-M. Onana & C. Wild, The Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mts, Cameroon, a Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harvey, Y., Pollard, B. J., Darbyshire, I., Onana, J. M. & Cheek, M. (2004). The Plants of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hepper, F. N. (1963). Psychotria. In: F. N. Hepper (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 193 – 202. Crown Agents, London.
  • Holmgren, P. K., Holmgren, N. H. & Barnett, L. C. (1990). Index Herbariorum. 8th ed. New York Botanical Garden, New York.
  • 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.
  • Petit, E. (1966). Les espèces Africaines du genre Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae). II. Bull. Jard. Bot. État. Bruxelles 36: 65 – 190.
  • Sohmer, S. H. & Davis, A. P. (2007). The Genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) in the Philippine Archipelago. Sida Bot. Misc. 27: 1 – 247.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Tchiengue, B. [2609], Cameroon K000436942 No
Mar 1, 2007 Cheek, M. [10744], Cameroon K000462000 paratype Yes
Mar 1, 2007 Cheek, M. [10467], Cameroon K000510002 No
Mar 1, 2007 Etuge, M. [4795], Cameroon K000510003 No
Mar 1, 2007 Cheek, M. [10485], Cameroon K000461997 No
Mar 1, 2007 Onana, J.-M. [2016], Cameroon K000461998 No
Mar 1, 2007 Onana, J.-M. [2005], Cameroon K000461999 No

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