{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Psychotria_punctata.jpg |image_caption = ''Psychotria punctata'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Psychotria |authority = L.{{R|POWO|GBIF}} |type_species = ''Psychotria asiatica'' |type_species_authority = L.{{R|IPNI}} |synonyms = {{species list|hidden=yes|header=45 synonyms |Antherura|Lour. |Apomuria Bremek. |Aucubaephyllum|Ahlb. |Baldingera|Dennst. |Callicocca|Schreb. |Calycodendron|A.C.Sm. |Camptopus|Hook.f. |Cephaelis|Sw. |Chesnea|Scop. |Chicoinaea|Comm. ex DC. |Coddingtonia|S.Bowdich |Codonocalyx|Miers ex Lindl. |Cremocarpon|Boivin ex Baill. |Delpechia|Montrouz. |Douarrea|Montrouz. |Dychotria|Raf. |Eumorphanthus|A.C.Sm. |Eurhotia|Neck. |Furcatella|Baum.-Bod. |Galvania|Vand. |Gamotopea|Bremek. |Grumilea|Gaertn. |Hylacium|P.Beauv. |Macrocalyx|Miers ex Lindl. |Mapouria|Aubl. |Megalopus|K.Schum. |Myrstiphylla|Raf. |Myrstiphyllum|P.Browne |Naletonia|Bremek. |Petagomoa|Bremek. |Pleureia|Raf. |Polyozus|Lour. |Psathura|Comm. ex A.Juss. |Psychotrion|St.-Lag. |Psychotrophum|P.Browne |Pyragra|Bremek. |Ronabia|St.-Lag. |Stellia|Noronha |Straussia|A.Gray |Sulcanux|Raf. |Suteria|DC. |Tapogomea|Aubl. |Trevirania|Heynh. |Trigonopyren|Bremek. }} |synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}} }}
'''''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.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
Many species, including ''Psychotria viridis'', produce the psychedelic chemical dimethyltryptamine (DMT).{{R|DD}}{{Failed verification|reason=The paper states that only one species has been shown to contain the substance|date=May 2025}}
==Selected species== {{Further|List of Psychotria species}} {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''Psychotria abdita'' {{small|Standl.}} * ''Psychotria acutiflora'' {{small|DC.}} * ''Psychotria adamsonii'' * ''Psychotria alsophila'' * ''Psychotria angustata'' * ''Psychotria atricaulis'' * ''Psychotria beddomei'' * ''Psychotria bimbiensis'' * ''Psychotria bryonicola'' * ''Psychotria camerunensis'' * ''Psychotria capensis'' * ''Psychotria carronis'' * ''Psychotria carthagenensis'' * ''Psychotria cathetoneura'' * ''Psychotria cernua'' * ''Psychotria chalconeura'' * ''Psychotria chimboracensis'' * ''Psychotria clarendonensis'' * ''Psychotria clusioides'' * ''Psychotria colorata'' * ''Psychotria congesta'' * ''Psychotria cookei'' * ''Psychotria crassipetala'' * ''Psychotria cuneifolia'' * ''Psychotria cyathicalyx'' * ''Psychotria dallachiana'' * ''Psychotria dasyophthalma'' * ''Psychotria densinervia'' * ''Psychotria deverdiana'' * ''Psychotria dolichantha'' * ''Psychotria domatiata'' * ''Psychotria dubia'' * ''Psychotria dura'' * ''Psychotria elachistantha'' * ''Psychotria expansa'' * ''Psychotria fernandopoensis'' * ''Psychotria foetens'' * ''Psychotria forsteriana'' * ''Psychotria franchetiana'' * ''Psychotria fusiformis'' * ''Psychotria gardneri'' * ''Psychotria glandulifera'' * ''Psychotria globicephala'' * ''Psychotria grandiflora'' * ''Psychotria grantii'' * ''Psychotria greenwelliae'' * ''Psychotria guerkeana'' * ''Psychotria hanoverensis'' * ''Psychotria hierniana'' * ''Psychotria hobdyi'' * ''Psychotria insularum'' * ''Psychotria lanceifolia'' * ''Psychotria ligustrifolia'' * ''Psychotria longipetiolata'' * ''Psychotria loniceroides'' * ''Psychotria macrocarpa'' * ''Psychotria marchionica'' * ''Psychotria marginata'' * ''Psychotria mariana'' * ''Psychotria mariniana'' * ''Psychotria megalopus'' * ''Psychotria megistantha'' * ''Psychotria minimicalyx'' * ''Psychotria moseskemei'' * ''Psychotria nervosa'' * ''Psychotria ngotphamii''<ref name=Bao>{{cite journal |last1=Nguyen |first1=Quoc Bao |last2=Quach |first2=Van Toan Em |last3=Huynh |first3=Huu Duc |last4=Pham |first4=Quoc Trong |last5=Truong |first5=Ba Vuong |last6=Yahara |first6=Tetsukazu |last7=Tagane |first7=Shuichiro |last8=Dang |first8=Van-Son |doi=10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.618.2.8 |issue=2 |journal=Phytotaxa |pages=188–194 |title=A new species of Psychotria (Rubiaceae) from Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park, Vietnam |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374413636 |volume=618 |year=2023|bibcode=2023Phytx.618..188N }}</ref> * ''Psychotria peteri'' * ''Psychotria petitii'' * ''Psychotria plicata'' * ''Psychotria plurivenia'' * ''Psychotria podocarpa'' * ''Psychotria pseudoplatyphylla'' * ''Psychotria punctata'' * ''Psychotria raivavaensis'' * ''Psychotria rhonhofiae'' * ''Psychotria rimbachii'' * ''Psychotria rostrata'' * ''Psychotria rufipilis'' * ''Psychotria saloiana'' * ''Psychotria siphonophora'' * ''Psychotria sodiroi'' * ''Psychotria sordida'' * ''Psychotria speciosa'' * ''Psychotria srilankensis'' * ''Psychotria tahitensis'' * ''Psychotria taitensis'' * ''Psychotria tenuifolia'' * ''Psychotria trichocalyx'' * ''Psychotria tubuaiensis'' * ''Psychotria viridis'' * ''Psychotria waasii'' * ''Psychotria woytkowskii'' * ''Psychotria yaoundensis'' * ''Psychotria zombamontana'' {{div col end}}
== Formerly placed here == * ''Psychotria elata'' = ''Palicourea elata'' * ''Psychotria poeppigiana'' = ''Palicourea tomentosa''
==Image gallery== <gallery> File:Psychotria asiatica botyouji01.jpg|''Psychotria asiatica'' File:九節木Psychotria rubra 20210609155251 25.jpg|Many nodes on the branches are the main feature of ''Psychotria asiatica'' File:Psychotria elliptica.jpg|''Psychotria elliptica'' File:Psychotria viridis.gif|''Psychotria viridis'' File:Psychotria ankasensis.jpg|''Psychotria ankasensis'' File:Psychotria nervosa-cropped.jpg|''Psychotria nervosa'' File:Psychotria capensis-original.jpg|''Psychotria capensis'' </gallery>
==See also== *List of the largest genera of flowering plants
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326020-2 |title=''Psychotria'' L. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2025 |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="IPNI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/326020-2 |title=''Psychotria'' L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 929, 1364 (1759), nom. cons. |website=International Plant Names Index (IPNI) |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2025 |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2919963 |title=''Psychotria'' L. |website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility |year=2025 |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="DD">{{Cite journal |last1=Der Marderosian |first1=A.H. |last2=Kensinger |first2=K.M. |last3=Chao |first3=J.M. |last4=Goldstein |first4=F.J. |year=1970 |title=The use and hallucinatory principles of a psychoactive beverage of the Cashinahua tribe (Amazon basin) |journal=Drug Dependence |volume=5 |page=13 |issn=0070-7368 |oclc=1566975 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015007314217&seq=243}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikispecies}} *[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Psychotria ''Psychotria'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
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Category:Psychotria Category:Pantropical flora Category:Rubiaceae genera Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus