Psychotria sp. Mt Lewis (V.K.Moriarty 2445)

Psychotria sp. Mt Lewis (V.K.Moriarty 2445) CHAH (2011) –undescribed species with this accepted phrase name according to the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria . 
–variant phrase name: Psychotria sp. (Mt Lewis V.K.Moriarty 2445) Qld Herbarium (1994) . 
–variant phrase name: Psychotria sp. Mt Lewis, Thornton Peak (G.P.Guymer 2018) (1989) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Probably endemic to the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld..
Altitudinal range from 80-1200 m.
Grows in well developed undisturbed rain forest in a variety of sites, but is most commonly encountered in mountain rain forest.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References: 

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Psychotria sp. Mt Lewis (V.K.Moriarty 2445) CHAH (2011): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/218832/api/apni-format . 
–variant phrase name: Psychotria sp. (Mt Lewis V.K.Moriarty 2445) Qld Herbarium (1994): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/51367776/api/apni-format .
–variant phrase name: Psychotria sp. Mt Lewis, Thornton Peak (G.P.Guymer 2018) (1989): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/239466/api/apni-format . 
Psychotria%sp%Lewis ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Psychotria%25sp%25Lewis&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=apni&search=true 
Viewed: 2026 April 17th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Psychotria sp. Mt Lewis (V.K.Moriarty 2445) fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Psychotria_sp__mt_lewis_v_k.moriarty_2445.htm .  
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 April 17th . 

• Forster Paul I and David A Halford, Qld Herbarium (2026) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Psychotria sp. (Mt Lewis V.K.Moriarty 2445) – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th and Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status viewed 2026 April 17th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (449–) 450 (–451) as Psychotria sp. (Mt Lewis) . 
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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