Psychotria microcephala Miq.
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Discussion
Type. In sylvis prope Paramaribo, Suriname, March-April 1844, Kappler 1562.
A study of the Kappler specimen shows the flowers without their own bracts and bracteoles. For this reason, I am retaining this taxon in Psychotria.