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Psychotria marginata
Psychotria marginata is a tropical shrub in the gardenia family (Rubiaceae) and native to Central America.
From the article Psychotria marginata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species occurs from southern Mexico into tropical South America and grows primarily in wet biomes.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
Leaves feature pits approximately 1 mm in width that offer habitat to aggressive mites which protect the leaves against other herbivorous species. Dry-season and wet-season leaves are superficially similar but have substantial physiological differences, as the former requires only half as much water to create sugar.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Psychotria marginata in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 286262.