Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Rauvolfia tetraphylla

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 tetraphylla

Name

Rauvolfia tetraphylla L., 1753

Synonyms

• 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

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

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 208. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rauvolfia tetraphylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Rauvolfia tetraphylla 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 tetraphylla. 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 tetraphylla. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 23 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Rauvolfia tetraphylla in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 23.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Rauvolfia tetraphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Oct. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Be still tree

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