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Conservation Status
IUCN: not evaluated
USFWS: None
Family: RUBIACEAE Genus: Portlandia Species: proctorii Species Author: (Aiello) Delprete Synonyms: Portlandia coccinea var. proctorii (Aiello)
Portlandia proctori is a shrub or a small tree. The opposite leaves are long or short-petiolate, ovate or elliptic. The shrub produces axillary inflorescences of bisexual flowers. The beautiful bell-shaped flowers are pinkish-red. The fruit is a woody capsule with medium size angular seeds. (See also Portlandia grandiflora)
(Delprete, Piero G. and Timothy J. Motley, Timothy J. 2003. Portlandia proctori (Rubiaceae, Catesbaeeae), a new combination for a narrow endemic Jamaican species. Brittonia: Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 233–239.)
(Aiello, A reexamination of Portlandia (Rubiaceae) and associated taxa. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 60: 38–123.)
A number of plants are in cultivation at the McBryde Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Garden on Kauai, Hawaii.
Portlandia proctori is endemic to Jamaica and it is extremely rare in its natural environment.
(Delprete, Piero G. and Timothy J. Motley, Timothy J. 2003. Portlandia proctori (Rubiaceae, Catesbaeeae), a new combination for a narrow endemic Jamaican species. Brittonia: Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 233–239.)
(Aiello, A reexamination of Portlandia (Rubiaceae) and associated taxa. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 60: 38–123.)
"After detailed studies of herbarium specimens, recent observations of both varieties in their natural environment and in cultivation, and a phylogenetic analysis, it became evident that P. coccinea var. proctori Aiello should be treated as a separate species with corollas shorter and of a different shape than those of var. coccinea. Portlandia proctori is presented as a new combination."
(Delprete, Piero G. and Timothy J. Motley, Timothy J. 2003. Portlandia proctori (Rubiaceae, Catesbaeeae), a new combination for a narrow endemic Jamaican species. Brittonia: Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 233–239.)
(Information for this species compiled and recorded by Camelia Cirnaru, NTBG Consultant.)
We currently have 1 herbarium specimens for Portlandia proctorii in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.
