Rauvolfia caffra

Rauvolfia caffra

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 caffra

Name

Rauvolfia caffra Sond., 1850.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Rauvolfia natalensis Sond., Linnaea 23: 78 (1850).
  • Rauvolfia inebrians K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 154 (1893).
  • Rauvolfia ochrosioides K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 154 (1893).
  • Rauvolfia macrophylla Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 20 (1894), nom. illeg.
  • Rauvolfia caffra var. natalensis Stapf ex Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 665 (1898).
  • Rauvolfia goetzei Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 113 (1902).
  • Rauvolfia gonioclada K.Schum. ex Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 110 (1902).
  • Rauvolfia leucopoda K.Schum. ex Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 110 (1902).
  • Rauvolfia obliquinervis Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 112 (1902).
  • Rauvolfia welwitschii Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 110 (1902).
  • Rauvolfia oxyphylla Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 407 (1908).
  • Rauvolfia verticillata A.Chev., Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 194 (1913), nom. nud.
  • Rauvolfia tchibangensis Pellegr., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 31: 466 (1925).
  • Rauvolfia mayombensis Pellegr., Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie, n.s., 1(2): 27 (1928)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Benin, Nigeria, Togo, Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), D.R. Congo (Zaire), South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Sao Tome References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Sonder, O.W., 1850. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. Berlin 23:77.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Rauvolfia caffra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Rauvolfia caffra. 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. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Rauvolfia caffra. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Rauvolfia caffra in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 22.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Rauvolfia caffra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rauvolfia caffra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Quinine Tree

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