Psychotria helferiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Psychotrieae
Genus: Psychotria
Species: Psychotria helferiana

Name

Psychotria helferiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 314 (–315) (1872)

• Type: J.W. Helfer s.n. (Lectotype: CAL [designated by Deb & Gangopadhyay 1989: 113]; Isolectotypes: CAL, DD, K [2 sheets]).
  • Note: there are some type specimens numbered "3038" in several herbaria (distributed at K, March 1862): CAL [​CAL0000016390 (212394), 'Duplicate of Type' fide D.B. Deb & M. Gangopadhyay on 18.7.1983], K {K0000031766^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, K0000031767^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, P {P04951881^(GBIF), P05016545^(GBIF), P05016546^(GBIF)} and S [​S05-10901^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}].
• Type locality: "Tenasserim [Tanintharyi, MYANMAR] or Andamans [INDIA]. (?)"

Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Homotypic
  • Uragoga helferiana (Kurz) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 960 (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Is., Myanmar. Regional: Malesia Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kurz, S. 1872. New Barmese plants, (part first). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 41(4): 291–318. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kurz, S. 1877. Forest Flora of British Burma. Vol. 2. Calcutta. BHL Reference page.  [see page 11]
• Hooker, J.D., assisted by various botanists, 1880–1882. The Flora of British India Vol. 3. Caprifoliaceae to Apocynaceae. 712 pp. London: L. Reeve. BHL Reference page.  [see page 172]
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 
• King, G. & Gamble, J.S. 1906. Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 74(extra no. 1905): 1–92 (No. 16: BHL), 93–274 (No. 17: BHL), 275–386 (No. 18: BHL). Reference page.  [see pages 13–14]
• Deb, D.B. & Gangopadhyay, M. 1989. Taxonomic revision of the genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) in India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany, Additional Series 7: 1–164. Reference page. 
• Turner, I.M. 1995 publ. 1997. A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347–655. BHL Reference page.  [see page 441]
• Wong, K.M., Turner, I.M., Wang, R.J., Harwood, R., Seah, W.W., Ng, X.Y., Lim, R.C.J., Lua, H.K. & Mahyuni, R. 2019. Rubiaceae. Flora of Singapore 13: 1–358. DOI: 10.26492/fos13.2019-01 Reference page.  [see pages 252–254]

Links

• 'DICOT TYPE'. Accessed: 7 December 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Psychotria helferiana. Accessed: 2023 December 7.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Psychotria helferiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Psychotria helferiana. Published online. Accessed: 7 December 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Psychotria helferiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 December 2023.