Rauvolfia vomitoria

Rauvolfia vomitoria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Vinceae
Subtribus: Rauvolfiinae
Genus: Rauvolfia
Species: Rauvolfia vomitoria

Name

Rauvolfia vomitoria Wennberg in Afzel., 1818

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Rauvolfia senegambiae A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 340 (1844).
  • Rauvolfia pleiosiadica K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 318 (1895).
  • Rauvolfia stuhlmannii K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 318 (1895).
  • Rauvolfia congolana De Wild. & T.Durand, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt.-Rend. 38: 204 (1899).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional:Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Angola (incl. Cabinda), Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome, Principe Isl., D.R. Congo (Zaire), South Sudan, Tanzania, Annobon Isl., Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Wennberg, E.S., 1818. Stirpium in Guinea Medicinalium Species Cognitae, Quorum Fasciculum Primum Venia Exp. Fac. Med. Ups. Praeside Adamo Afzelio. Uppsala 1.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Rauvolfia vomitoria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Rauvolfia vomitoria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Rauvolfia vomitoria. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 23 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Rauvolfia vomitoria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 23.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Rauvolfia vomitoria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rauvolfia vomitoria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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