Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Geophila herbacea K. Schum.
• (=) Psychotria herbacea Jacq.
• (=) Psychotria herbacea L.
• Basionym: Rondeletia repens L.

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Asia-Temperate

• EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India
• INDO-CHINA: India, [Andaman and Nicobar Islands] Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines

Northern America

• Mexico

Pacific

• SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, [Antigua] Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Lucia, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones] Paraguay


Naturalized (widely natzd.)

Other (exact native range obscure)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=103266. Accessed 6 July 2024.