Autorité : D'après C.M. Taylor (
in Tropicos): "Publ. as "
Psychotria carapichea (Poir.) Delprete" based on
Tagopomea carapichea Poir., which is a nom. superfl. illeg. for
Carapichea guianensis Aubl. This name in
Psychotria can thus be considered a nom. nov. for
Carapichea guianensis. However Steyermark's name
Psychotria ligularis var.
carapichea Steyerm. was also cited in that work, and this name could be treated as a combination based on that. Delprete subsequently published another work [Brittonia, 55(1):
88-89. 11/06/2003] on this species in which he treated this name as a combination."