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

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]. (?)"

(List may be incomplete)

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

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, 2^nd Edition

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]

'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.