Psychotria duidana Standl.

• 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 duidana Standl.

• Type

  Type. Mount Duida, Desfiladero, Amazonas, Venezuela, alt 1800 m, Aug 1928-Apr 1929, G. H. H. Tate 713.

• Discussion

  Standley described the interior of the corolla as glabrous. However, an examination of the type specimen shows that the interior is definitely pubescent. The inner bracts of the involucrate heads are smaller than the outer bracts and subtend the ultimate clusters of flowers which occur in 3’s or 4’s. Two of these ultimate flowers are subtended by similar small bracts, while the third flower is subtended by and next to the outer large bract.