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Accession Data:

Psychotria kirkii Hiern

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Rubiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: tropical Africa

  • Description: One of a number of 'bacteriophilous' Rubiaceae species in tropical Africa.

    See Development and Structure of Bacterial Leaf Nodules in Psychotria bacteriophila Val. (Rubiaceae) for more information on a related species.

  • USDA Zone: 10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198800058
  • Source: SCE/Smith Col.
  • Provenance: Smith College #274-80 seed from Univ. Vienna, Austria

    6DEC2005 - some information has come to light suggesting that the original material may have been mislabelled and may in fact be Psychotria kirkii. We will retain this ID for now and additionally will attempt to secure validly ID'd Psychotria ipecacuanha for comparison and/or replacement. CMORSE
    26SEP2007 - species narrowed down to one of the 'bacteriophilous' Rubiaceae from tropical Africa due to the presence of leaf 'galls'. P. kirkii is a widespread 'bacteriphilous' species so will maintain this ID until narrowed down further.
  • Accession Date: 01-20-1988
  • Bench: 1311 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-27-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rubiaceae
  • SubFamily: Rubioideae
  • Tribe: Psychotrieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Accessions having Cyanobacteria-Plant Symbioses
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Gabon / Rwanda / Zaire / Ethiopia / Somalia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Malawi / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Comoros

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, April 19, 2018.
  2. WCSP (2017) as Psychotria punctata var. punctata. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, April 19, 2018.

data regenerated on Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:48:05 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Psychotria kirkii

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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