Psychotria farameoides Bremek.
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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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Description
Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Known only from the type locality.
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Discussion
Type. Prope Jodensavanna (fluv. Suriname), in savannis arenosis, Rijk Dimorphandra conjugata- struweel, 6 m hoog., Suriname, 15 Jan 1957, P. C. Heyligers 573.
Although Bremekamp stated “Drupa nondum nota,” there is a preserved dried fruit present in the packet of one of the two sheets pertaining to the type collection. It is subglobose and 3.5 X 3.3 mm with dorsally 5-ridged pyrenes. The corolla bud is described as glabrous without, but the lobes are actually puberulous on the margins and at the apices.