Psychotria
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Psychotria | |
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Psychotria punctata wi fruits | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Faimily: | Rubiaceae |
Subfaimily: | Rubioideae |
Tribe: | Psychotrieae[1] |
Genus: | Psychotria L.[2] |
Species | |
Many, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Straussia A.Gray |
Psychotria (syn. Cephaelis) is a genus containin some 1900 species[3] within the plant faimily Rubiaceae. Members o the genus are smaa understorey trees in tropical forests. The umwhile genus Cephaelis is considered a synomym o Psychotria.
Mony species, includin Psychotria viridis, produce the psychedelic chemical, dimethyltryptamine (DMT).[4]
Some species are endangered or facin extinction due tae deforestation, especially species o central Africae an the Paceefic.
Selectit species
[eedit | eedit soorce]Umwhile placed here
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Geophila macropoda (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. (as P. macropoda Ruiz & Pav.)
- Geophila repens (L.) I.M.Johnst. (as P. herbacea Jacq.)
- Isertia longifolia (Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum. (as P. longifolia Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.)
- Notopleura uliginosa (Sw.) Bremek. (as P. uliginosa Sw.)
- Palicourea aeneofusca (Müll. Arg.) Standl. (as P. aeneofusca Müll.Arg.)
- Palicourea crocea (Sw.) Schult. (as P. crocea Sw.)[6]
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[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Genus Psychotria". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 11 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "Genus: Psychotria L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 5 October 2007. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2010. Retrieved 11 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Der Marderosian A.H., Kensinger K.M., Chao J.-M., Goldstein F.J. (1970). "The use and hallucinatory principles of a psychoactive beverage of the Cashinahua tribe (Amazon basin)". Drug Dependence. 5: 7–14. ISSN 0070-7368. OCLC 1566975.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)
- ↑ a b "Psychotria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Psychotria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 Januar 2011.[deid airtin]
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