Psychotria

Psychotria
Psychotria punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Psychotrieae
Genus:	Psychotria L. [1] [2]
Type species
Psychotria asiatica L. [3]
Synonyms [1]
45 synonyms AntheruraLour. Apomuria Bremek.Aucubaephyllum Ahlb.Baldingera Dennst.Callicocca Schreb.Calycodendron A.C.Sm.Camptopus Hook.f.Cephaelis Sw.Chesnea Scop.Chicoinaea Comm. ex DC.Coddingtonia S.BowdichCodonocalyx Miers ex Lindl.Cremocarpon Boivin ex Baill.Delpechia Montrouz.Douarrea Montrouz.Dychotria Raf.Eumorphanthus A.C.Sm.Eurhotia Neck.Furcatella Baum.-Bod.Galvania Vand.Gamotopea Bremek.Grumilea Gaertn.Hylacium P.Beauv.Macrocalyx Miers ex Lindl.Mapouria Aubl.Megalopus K.Schum.Myrstiphylla Raf.Myrstiphyllum P.BrowneNaletonia Bremek.Petagomoa Bremek.Pleureia Raf.Polyozus Lour.Psathura Comm. ex A.Juss.Psychotrion St.-Lag.Psychotrophum P.BrownePyragra Bremek.Ronabia St.-Lag.Stellia NoronhaStraussia A.GraySulcanux Raf.Suteria DC.Tapogomea Aubl.Trevirania Heynh.Trigonopyren Bremek.

Psychotria is a large genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, with over 1,600 species. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. Some species are endangered or facing extinction due to deforestation, especially species of central Africa and the Pacific.^{[ citation needed ]}

Many species, including Psychotria viridis , produce the psychedelic chemical dimethyltryptamine (DMT). ^{[4] [ failed verification ]}

Selected species

Further information: List of Psychotria species

• Psychotria abdita Standl.
• Psychotria acutiflora DC.
• Psychotria adamsonii
• Psychotria alsophila
• Psychotria angustata
• Psychotria atricaulis
• Psychotria beddomei
• Psychotria bimbiensis
• Psychotria bryonicola
• Psychotria camerunensis
• Psychotria capensis
• Psychotria carronis
• Psychotria carthagenensis
• Psychotria cathetoneura
• Psychotria cernua'
• Psychotria chalconeura
• Psychotria chimboracensis
• Psychotria clarendonensis
• Psychotria clusioides
• Psychotria colorata
• Psychotria congesta
• Psychotria cookei
• Psychotria crassipetala
• Psychotria cuneifolia
• Psychotria cyathicalyx
• Psychotria dallachiana
• Psychotria dasyophthalma
• Psychotria densinervia
• Psychotria deverdiana
• Psychotria dolichantha
• Psychotria domatiata
• Psychotria dubia
• Psychotria dura
• Psychotria elachistantha
• Psychotria expansa
• Psychotria fernandopoensis
• Psychotria foetens
• Psychotria forsteriana
• Psychotria franchetiana
• Psychotria fusiformis
• Psychotria gardneri
• Psychotria glandulifera
• Psychotria globicephala
• Psychotria grandiflora
• Psychotria grantii
• Psychotria greenwelliae
• Psychotria guerkeana
• Psychotria hanoverensis
• Psychotria hierniana
• Psychotria hobdyi
• Psychotria insularum
• Psychotria lanceifolia
• Psychotria ligustrifolia
• Psychotria longipetiolata
• Psychotria loniceroides
• Psychotria macrocarpa
• Psychotria marchionica
• Psychotria marginata
• Psychotria mariana
• Psychotria mariniana
• Psychotria megalopus
• Psychotria megistantha
• Psychotria minimicalyx
• Psychotria moseskemei
• Psychotria nervosa
• Psychotria ngotphamii ^[5]
• Psychotria peteri
• Psychotria petitii
• Psychotria plicata
• Psychotria plurivenia
• Psychotria podocarpa
• Psychotria pseudoplatyphylla
• Psychotria punctata
• Psychotria raivavaensis
• Psychotria rhonhofiae
• Psychotria rimbachii
• Psychotria rostrata
• Psychotria rufipilis
• Psychotria saloiana
• Psychotria siphonophora
• Psychotria sodiroi
• Psychotria sordida
• Psychotria speciosa
• Psychotria srilankensis
• Psychotria tahitensis
• Psychotria taitensis
• Psychotria tenuifolia
• Psychotria trichocalyx
• Psychotria tubuaiensis
• Psychotria viridis
• Psychotria waasii
• Psychotria woytkowskii
• Psychotria yaoundensis
• Psychotria zombamontana

Formerly placed here

• Psychotria elata = Palicourea elata
• Psychotria poeppigiana = Palicourea tomentosa

Image gallery

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  Psychotria asiatica
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  Many nodes on the branches are the main feature of Psychotria asiatica
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  Psychotria elliptica
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  Psychotria viridis
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  Psychotria ankasensis
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  Psychotria nervosa
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  Psychotria capensis

See also

• List of the largest genera of flowering plants

References

1. "Psychotria L." Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
2. "Psychotria L." Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
3. "Psychotria L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 929, 1364 (1759), nom. cons". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
4. Der Marderosian, A.H.; Kensinger, K.M.; Chao, J.M.; Goldstein, F.J. (1970). "The use and hallucinatory principles of a psychoactive beverage of the Cashinahua tribe (Amazon basin)". Drug Dependence. 5: 13. ISSN   0070-7368. OCLC   1566975.
5. Quoc Bao N., Toan Em Q. V., Huu Duc H., Quoc Trong P., Ba Vuong T., Yahara T., Tagane S., Van-Son D. (2023). "A new species of Psychotria (Rubiaceae) from Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park, Vietnam". Phytotaxa. 618 (2): 188–194. Bibcode:2023Phytx.618..188N. doi:10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.618.2.8.

External links

• Psychotria in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae