Psychotria nervosa Sw. subsp. nervosa
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Discussion
Psychotria nervosa Sw., Prodr. 43. 1788.
Psychotria undata Jacq., Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 5. pi. 260. 1798.
Psychotria granadensis Benth. ex Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. 1852: 34. 1852.
Psychotria undata var glabra Urb., Symb. 4. 598. 1911.
Psychotria undata var poitaei Urb., Symb. 8: 678. 1921.
Type. Jamaica, Swartz.
Psychotria undata Jacq. was described from the Bahamas, of which I have seen topotype material (Britton 3 from Blue Hill Road near Nassau, New Providence, 7-8 Apr 1904; Coker 28 from Mt. Vernon, 20 Jun 1903; Britton & Millspaugh 6203, 6213 from Watling’s Island, Graham’s Harbor to Cockburn Town, 15 Mar 1907), and P. nervosa from Jamaica. Moore (Jour. Bot. 69: 132. 1931) has shown that P. nervosa is the earliest name to be adopted for the P. undata-P. nervosa complex.