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Taxon: Psychotria nervosa Sw.

Genus: Psychotria
Family: Rubiaceae subfamily: Rubioideae tribe: Psychotrieae.
Nomen number: 103269
Place of publication: Prodr. 43. 1788
Name verified on: 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Oct-2008
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • bálsamo   (Source: F PR ed2 ) – Spanish
  • palo moro   (Source: F PR ed2 ) – Spanish

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Southern Mexico: Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Yucatan
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
    Northern South America: Venezuela
    Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador

References:

  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
  • Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
  • Fournet, J. 1978. Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique.
  • Lasser, T., ed. 1964–. Flora de Venezuela.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
  • Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida. [= P. undata Jacq.].
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Psychotria nervosa Sw.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?103269 (19 May 2013)

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