''Wendlandia psychotrioides'' is a species of shrubs or small trees, constituting part of the plant family

Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...

. An officially extinct species, the only (endemic) records of the species were from in the Wet Tropics rainforests of north eastern

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

, Australia. It was scientifically described in 1889 and 1892 by Ferdinand von Mueller, notable colonial Melbourne Herbarium botanist. The specific name describes it as like ''

Psychotria ''Psychotria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It contains 1,582 species and is therefore one of the largest genera of flowering plants. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus a ...

''. William A. Sayer, botanical collector associate of Mueller, collected specimens of it about " Mt Bellenden Ker" in 1887 as recorded on the "9/87" label written by Ferdinand von Mueller on his herbarium specimen sent on 15 March 1892 to Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, UK. "On the Russell River; W. Sayers", is its location and collector recorded in Ferdinand von Mueller’s 1889 published original botanical description of this species. The region of the Russell River is the same as the region of Mount Bellenden Ker. Mueller’s 1889 original botanical description of the species was under the name ''Oldenlandia psychotrioides''. In 1892 he re-diagnosed it as constituting a species of this genus ''Wendlandia'', after newly describing '' Wendlandia basistaminea'' as a species. He provided some comparative notes on them and related species of this genus.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q13962089 Flora of Queensland sychotrioides Extinct flora of Australia Nature Conservation Act extinct in the wild biota Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller