Accession Data

Psychotria kirkii

Family: Rubiaceae

Country of Origin: tropical Africa

Description: One of a number of 'bacteriophilous' Rubiaceae species in tropical Africa.

See Development and Structure of Bacterial Leaf Nodules in Psychotria bacteriophila Val. (Rubiaceae) for more information on a related species.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10

Accession #: 198800058

Accession Date: 1988-01-20 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1311

Quantity: 2

Source: SCE/Smith Col.

Provenance: Smith College #274-80 seed from Univ. Vienna, Austria

6DEC2005 - some information has come to light suggesting that the original material may have been mislabelled and may in fact be Psychotria kirkii. We will retain this ID for now and additionally will attempt to secure validly ID'd Psychotria ipecacuanha for comparison and/or replacement. CMORSE
26SEP2007 - species narrowed down to one of the 'bacteriophilous' Rubiaceae from tropical Africa due to the presence of leaf 'galls'. P. kirkii is a widespread 'bacteriphilous' species so will maintain this ID until narrowed down further.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Rubiaceae

SubFamily: Rubioideae

Tribe: Psychotrieae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, April 19, 2018.
  2. WCSP (2017) as Psychotria punctata var. punctata. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, April 19, 2018.

Images

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