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:

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

Vernacular names

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