Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Taxonavigation

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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 tetraphylla

Name

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Rauvolfia tetraphylla L., 1753

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Rauvolfia canescens L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 303 (1762), nom. superfl.
  • Heterotypic
    • Rauvolfia hirsuta Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 14 (1760).
    • Rauvolfia tomentosa Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 14 (1760).
    • Rauvolfia subpubescens L., Mant. Pl. 2: 345 (1771).
    • Rauvolfia heterophylla Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 805 (1819).
    • Rauvolfia canescens var. glabra Müll.Arg., Linnaea 30: 395 (1860).
    • Rauvolfia canescens var. tomentosa Müll.Arg., Linnaea 30: 395 (1860).
    • Rauvolfia latifolia var. minor Müll.Arg., Linnaea 30: 396 (1860).
    • Rauvolfia heterophylla var. puberula A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 187 (1861).
    • Rauvolfia odontophora Van Heurck & Müll.Arg., Observ. Bot. Descript. Pl. Nov. Herb. Van Heurckiani 2: 150 (1871).
    • Rauvolfia nitida Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 48 (1894), nom. illeg.
    • Rauvolfia canescens var. intermedia Markgr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 115 (1924).
    • Rauvolfia canescens var. typica Markgr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 115 (1924), not validly publ.
    • Rauvolfia hirsuta var. glabra (Müll.Arg.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 26: 299 (1939).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Peru, Colombia (Atlntico, Bolvar, Caldas, Cesar, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle), French Guiana, Ecuador, Panama, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles (Barbados, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts), Trinidad
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional:Mexico
      • Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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English: Be still tree
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