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Magnoliopsida
Psychotria L.
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- For the plant species commonly known as Ipecacuanha, see Carapichea ipecacuanha
Ipecacuanha was a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy with Psychotria.
The name also refers to:
- Ipecacuanha, a drug, the dried root of Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a plant from Brazil. The ipecacuanha from that country is called annulated, to distinguish it from the striated kind from Peru. The active ingredients reside chiefly in the cortex. It contains a feeble alkaloid called ceretin. Its preparation are pills, powders, lozenges, and wine. In large doses it is an emetic; in smaller ones it is an expectorant and an alterative. It is considered a specific in dysentery. Made into an ointment, it is a counter-irritant.[1]
- Ipecacuanha is used to refer to plants which produce this drug, which include the plant mentioned and others.[1]
- Ipecacuanha, the name of the ship that is captained by a Davis in H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau. (1896)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Ipecacuanha". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.
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Isotype for Psychotria angustiflora K. Krause
Catalog Number: US 1390887
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Tonduz
Year Collected: 1899
Locality: Las Vueltas, Tucurrique., San José, Costa Rica, Central America
Elevation (m): 635 to 700
- Isotype: Krause, K. 1916. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54 (Beibl. 119): 43.
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Subshrubs, shrubs or trees. Stipules entire or fimbriate. Leaves opposite, petiolate, either with domatia or with black nodules scattered throughout the leaf lamina. Flowers 4-5-merous, bisexual, heterostylous, arranged in terminal paniculate or umbellate inflorescences. Calyx minutely lobed. Corolla tube usually shortly cylindric; lobes valvate. Ovary 2-(3-4)-locular. Fruit a drupe, with 1-2 pyrenes, these not markedly dehiscent. Seeds usually with a dark (reddish-brown) testa; endosperm usually strongly ruminate.
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Psychotria
Arbustos erectos o con menos frecuencia escandentes, hierbas o árboles pequeños. Hojas opuestas o con menos frecuencia verticiladas, simples, pecioladas; estípulas interpeciolares o intrapeciolares, persistentes o deciduas. Flores bisexuales, actinomorfas, 4-6-meras, sésiles o pediceladas, en panículas, corimbos, cimas, racimos o cabezuelas axilares o terminales, con ejes verdosos. Hipanto crateriforme, dentado o truncado en el ápice; corola gamopétala, hipocrateriforme, infundibuliforme o campanulada, de variados colores, pero usualmente blanca; estambres 4-6, exertos o insertos; ovario ínfero, con 2(-5) carpelos, uniovulados. Fruto una drupa carnosa con 2(5) pirenios, cada uno conteniendo una sola semilla. Género pantropical con 1,000-1,500 especies.
Psychotria
Erect or less frequently clambering shrubs, herbs, or small trees. Leaves opposite or less frequently 3 or 4 per node, petiolate; stipules interpetiolar or intrapetiolar, persistent or deciduous. Flowers bisexual, 4-6-merous, actinomorphic, sessile or pedicellate, in axillary or terminal panicles, corymbs, cymes, racemes or heads, with greenish axes. Calyx crateriform, dentate or truncate at the apex; corolla gamopetalous, hypocrateriform, infundibuliform, or campanulate, of various colors, but usually white; stamens 4-6, exserted or included; ovary inferior, with 2(-5) carpels, each carpel with one ovule. Fruit a fleshy drupe with 2(5) pyrenes, each containing a single seed. A pantropical genus of 1,000-1,500 species.