Psychotria
| Psychotria | |
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| Psychotria punctata with fruits | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Psychotrieae[1] |
| Genus: | Psychotria L.[2] |
| Species | |
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Many, see text |
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Straussia A.Gray |
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Psychotria (syn. Cephaelis) is a genus containing some 1900 species[3] within the plant family Rubiaceae. Members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. The former genus Cephaelis is considered a synomym of Psychotria.
Many species, including Psychotria viridis, produce the psychedelic chemical, dimethyltryptamine (DMT).[4]
Some species are endangered or facing extinction due to deforestation, especially species of central Africa and the Pacific.
Selected species
Psychotria ankasensis
Psychotria capensis
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Formerly placed here
- 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]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Psychotria |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Psychotria |
- ^ "Genus Psychotria". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ "Genus: Psychotria L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ "WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Psychotria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Psychotria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
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