Psychotria adamsonii

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Psychotria adamsonii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Psychotria
Species:
P. adamsonii
Binomial name
Psychotria adamsonii
Fosberg (1939)

Psychotria adamsonii is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the island of Ua Pou in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. It is thought to be extinct. [2]

The epithet adamsonii commemorates Alastair Martin Adamson of the Pacific Entomological Survey. [3]

References

  1. Florence, J. (1998). "Psychotria adamsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998 e.T30475A9552409. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30475A9552409.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Psychotria adamsonii Fosberg. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. F. R. Fosberg. Psychotria (Rubiaceae) in the Marquesas Islands. Notulae Systematicae (Paris). volume 8. pages 161-172.