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Psychotria
Sign in to savePsychotria is a large genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, with over 1,600 species. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. Some species are endangered or facing extinction due to deforestation, especially species of central Africa and the Pacific.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
General: . Psychotria leaves often dry a distinctive brown-pink colour (usually
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23,770
- With media
- 14,057
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- CICY, IIB-UV, ECOSUR
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Research
370 papers- Bioactive Azepine-Indole Alkaloids from Psychotria nemorosa.Journal of natural products · 2020
- Cyclotide Isolation from Psychotria brachyceras and Psychotria leiocarpa.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
- Ayahuasca: A review of historical, pharmacological, and therapeutic aspects.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023
- (13)C-NMR Spectral Data of Alkaloids Isolated from Psychotria Species (Rubiaceae).Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017
- Chemical Constituents of Plants from the Genus Psychotria.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2016
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Encyclopedic overview
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Psychotria is a large genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, with over 1,600 species. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. Some species are endangered or facing extinction due to deforestation, especially species of central Africa and the Pacific.
Many species, including Psychotria viridis, produce the psychedelic chemical dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
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