Psychotria

***Psychotria*** (syn. Cephaelis) is a genus containin some 1900 species 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).

Some species are endangered or facin extinction due tae deforestation, especially species o central Africae an the Paceefic.

## Selectit species



* *[[Psychotria acutiflora]]*
* *[[Psychotria adamsonii]]*
* *[[Psychotria alsophila]]*
* *[[Psychotria alto-macahensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria anceps]]* Kunth
* *[[Psychotria angustata]]*
* *[[Psychotria ankasensis]]* J.B.Hall
* *[[Psychotria appendiculata]]*
* *[[Psychotria atricaulis]]*
* *[[Psychotria bahiensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria beddomei]]*
* *[[Psychotria berteriana]]*
* *[[Psychotria bimbiensis]]* Bridson & Cheek (Cameroon)
* *[[Psychotria blepharophora]]*
* *[[Psychotria brachyanthema]]*
* *[[Psychotria brachyceras]]*
* *[[Psychotria bryonicola]]*
* *[[Psychotria camerunensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria capensis]]* (Eckl.) Vatke
* *[[Psychotria carronis]]*
* *[[Psychotria carthagenensis]]* Jacq. &ndash; Amyruca
* *[[Psychotria cathetoneura]]*
* *[[Psychotria caudata]]*
* *[[Psychotria chalconeura]]*
* *[[Psychotria chimboracensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria clarendonensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria clusioides]]*
* *[[Psychotria colorata]]*
* *[[Psychotria congesta]]*
* *[[Psychotria constricta]]*
* *[[Psychotria cookei]]*
* *[[Psychotria costivenia]]* Griseb. (= *P. miradorensis*)
* *[[Psychotria crassipetala]]*
* *[[Psychotria cuneifolia]]*
* *[[Psychotria cyathicalyx]]*
* *[[Psychotria danceri]]*
* *[[Psychotria daphnoides]]* &ndash; Smuith Psychotria
* *[[Psychotria dasyophthalma]]*
* *[[Psychotria densinervia]]*
* *[[Psychotria deverdiana]]*
* *[[Psychotria dolichantha]]*
* *[[Psychotria domatiata]]*
* *[[Psychotria douarrei]]*
* *[[Psychotria dubia]]*
* *[[Psychotria elachistantha]]*
* *[[Psychotria elata]]* (Sw.) Hammel
* *[[Psychotria elliptica]]* Kerr.
* *[[Psychotria expansa]]*
* *[[Psychotria foetens]]*
* *[[Psychotria forsteriana]]*

* *[[Psychotria franchetiana]]*
* *[[Psychotria fusiformis]]*
* *[[Psychotria gardneri]]*
* *[[Psychotria glandulifera]]*
* *[[Psychotria globicephala]]*
* *[[Psychotria graciliflora]]* Benth. (= *P. biaristata, P. oaxacana*)
* *[[Psychotria grandiflora]]* H.Mann &ndash; Large-flowered Balsamo (Island o Kauai in Hawaii)
* *[[Psychotria grantii]]* Fosberg (French Polynesie)
* *[[Psychotria greenwelliae]]* Fosberg (Island of Kauai in Hawaii)
* *[[Psychotria guerkeana]]*
* *[[Psychotria hanoverensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria hawaiiensis]]* (A.Gray) Fosberg &ndash; *Kōpiko ula* (Hawaii)
* *[[Psychotria hierniana]]*
* *[[Psychotria hobdyi]]* Sohmer (Island of Kauai in Hawaii)
* *[[Psychotria horizontalis]]*
* *[[Psychotria insularum]]*
* *[[Psychotria iodotricha]]*
* *[[Psychotria kirkii]]*
* *[[Psychotria lanceifolia]]*
* *[[Psychotria le-bronnecii]]*
* *[[Psychotria leiocarpa]]*
* *[[Psychotria lepiniana]]*
* *[[Psychotria ligustrifolia]]* (Northrop) Millsp.  (= *P. bahamensis*)
* *[[Psychotria longipetiolata]]*
* *[[Psychotria loniceroides]]*
* *[[Psychotria luconiensis]]* (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fern.-Vill. (= *P. luzoniensis, P. malayana, P. tacpo*)
* *[[Psychotria macrocarpa]]*
* *[[Psychotria madida]]*
* *[[Psychotria mariniana]]* (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fosberg &ndash; *Kōpiko* (Hawaii)
* *[[Psychotria mauiensis]]* Fosberg &ndash; *Ōpiko* (Hawaii)
* *[[Psychotria megalopus]]*
* *[[Psychotria megistantha]]*
* *[[Psychotria micrantha]]* Kunth (= *P. rufescens* Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult., *P. tomentosa*)
* *[[Psychotria minimicalyx]]*
* *[[Psychotria moliwensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria moseskemei]]*
* *[[Psychotria nematopoda]]*
* *[[Psychotria nemerosa]]*

* *[[Psychotria nervosa]]* Sw. (= *P. elongata, P. granadensis, P. hirta, P. quiinifolia, P. rufescens* , *P. undata*) (Soothren Florida, Soothren Mexico, Caribbean, Central Americae, Northren Sooth Americae)
* *[[Psychotria nesophila]]*
* *[[Psychotria nitidula]]*
* *[[Psychotria pallens]]*
* *[[Psychotria papantlensis]]* (Oerst.) Hemsl. (= *P. salicifolia*)
* *[[Psychotria parvifolia]]* Benth. ex Oerst.
* *[[Psychotria peteri]]*
* *[[Psychotria petitii]]*
* *[[Psychotria pickeringii]]* A.Gray
* *[[Psychotria platypoda]]*
* *[[Psychotria plicata]]*
* *[[Psychotria plurivenia]]*
* *[[Psychotria podocarpa]]*
* *[[Psychotria poeppigiana]]*
* *[[Psychotria pseudoplatyphylla]]*
* *[[Psychotria pubigera]]*
* *[[Psychotria punctata]]* Vatke (= *P. bacteriophila*)
* *[[Psychotria quinqueradiata]]* Pol. (= *P. morae, P. obovata, P. oerstediana*)
* *[[Psychotria raivavaensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria rhonhofiae]]*
* *[[Psychotria rimbachii]]*
* *[[Psychotria rostrata]]*
* *[[Psychotria rubra]]* (Lour.) Poir. (= *P. elliptica* auct. *non* Kerr.)
* *[[Psychotria ruelliifolia]]*
* *[[Psychotria rufipilis]]*
* *[[Psychotria saloiana]]*
* *[[Psychotria siphonophora]]*
* *[[Psychotria sodiroi]]*
* *[[Psychotria sordida]]*
* *[[Psychotria speciosa]]*
* *[[Psychotria stachyoides]]*
* *[[Psychotria stenophylla]]*
* *[[Psychotria sulzneri]]* (Florida)
* *[[Psychotria suterella]]*
* *[[Psychotria tahitensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria taitensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria tenuifolia]]* Sw. &ndash; shortleaf wild coffee
* *[[Psychotria trichocalyx]]*
* *[[Psychotria tubuaiensis]]*
* *[[Psychotria ulei]]*
* *[[Psychotria umbellata]]*
* *[[Psychotria vellosiana]]*
* *[[Psychotria viridis]]* (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze &ndash; Chakruna
* *[[Psychotria vogeliana]]* Benth.
* *[[Psychotria waasii]]* S.H.Sohmer (Sri Lanka)
* *[[Psychotria woytkowskii]]*
* *[[Psychotria zombamontana]]*



### Umwhile 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.)

## Image gallery

File:Psychotria elliptica.jpg|*[[Psychotria eliptica]]*
File:Psychotria viridis.gif|*[[Psychotria viridis]]*
File:Psychotria elata 1.jpg|*[[Psychotria elata]]*


## See an aa
*Leet o the lairgest genera o flouerin plants

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Warld Checkleet o Rubiaceae