Psychotria deflexa subsp. cubensis Steyerm.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Psychotria deflexa subsp. cubensis Steyerm.

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - A subsp deflexa inflorescentiae axibus lateralibus inferioribus plerumque bis furcatis recedit; floribus magis confertis aggregatis; corolla hypocrateriformi 4.5-6.5 mm longa, tubo 3-4.5 mm longo.

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Cuba and Haiti, West Indies.

  • Discussion

    Type. La Perla, Oriente, Cuba, 6-18 Feb 1911, J. A. Shafer 8805 (holotype NY).

    This subspecies differs from typical subspecies deflexa in the subsalverform instead of subinfundibuliform, longer corolla, and the usually twice-forked lower axes of the inflorescence with the flowers more crowded into more compact units near the ends of the ultimate axes. The stipular teeth (1-4.5 mm long) average shorter than in the other collections from Cuba and other parts of the West Indies of subsp deflexa.