Psychotria adamsonii

Psychotria adamsonii is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the island of Ua Pou in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. It is thought to be extinct.[2]

Psychotria adamsonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Psychotria
Species:
P. adamsonii
Binomial name
Psychotria adamsonii
Fosberg (1939)

The epithet adamsonii commemorates Alastair Martin Adamson of the Pacific Entomological Survey. [3]

References

  1. Florence, J. (1998). "Psychotria adamsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30475A9552409. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30475A9552409.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Psychotria adamsonii Fosberg. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. F. R. Fosberg. Psychotria (Rubiaceae) in the Marquesas Islands. Notulae Systematicae (Paris). volume 8. pages 161-172.


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