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Rauvolfia

The genus Rauvolfia is in the family Apocynaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Rauvolfia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Rauvolfia amsoniifolia A.DC. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia andina Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia aphlebia (Standl.) A.H.Gentry Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia bahiensis A.DC. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia balansae (Baill.) Boiteau Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia biauriculata Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia caffra Sond. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia capixabae I.Koch & Kin.-Gouv. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia capuronii Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia chaudocensis Pierre ex Pit. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia cubana A.DC. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia decurva Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia dichotoma K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia gracilis I.Koch & Kin.-Gouv. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia grandiflora Mart. ex A.DC. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia hookeri S.R.Sriniv. & Chithra Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia indosinensis Pichon Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia insularis Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia × ivanovii Granda & V.R.Fuentes Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia javanica Koord. & Valeton Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia kamarora Hendrian Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia leptophylla A.S.Rao Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia letouzeyi Leeuwenb. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia ligustrina Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia linearifolia Britton & P.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia littoralis Rusby Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia macrantha K.Schum. ex Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia mannii Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia mattfeldiana Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia maxima Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia media Pichon Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia micrantha Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia microcarpa Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia moluccana Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia mombasiana Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia moricandii A.DC. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia nana E.A.Bruce Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia nitida Jacq. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia obtusiflora A.DC. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia oligantha Hendrian Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia pachyphylla Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia paraensis Ducke Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia paucifolia A.DC. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia peguana Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia pentaphylla Ducke Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia polyphylla Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia praecox K.Schum. ex Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia pruinosifolia I.Koch & Kin.-Gouv. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia purpurascens Standl. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia rhonhofiae Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia rivularis Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia rostrata Markgr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia sachetiae Fosberg Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia salicifolia Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia sanctorum Woodson Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia schuelii Speg. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia sellowii Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia semperflorens (Müll.Arg.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia sevenetii Boiteau Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia spathulata Boiteau Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia sprucei Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia steyermarkii Woodson Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia sumatrana Jack Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia tiaolushanensis Tsiang Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia vietnamensis Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia viridis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia volkensii (K.Schum.) Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia weddeliana Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Rauvolfia woodsoniana Standl. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 198 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Rauvolfia. Of these 74 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 25 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Rauvolfia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 198 species names for the genus Rauvolfia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 74 37.4%
Synonym 114 57.6%
Unplaced 7 3.5%
Unassessed 3 1.5%

All names

The status of the 223 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Rauvolfia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 78 35.0%
Synonym 135 60.5%
Unplaced 7 3.1%
Unassessed 3 1.3%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 198 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Rauvolfia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 74 112 0 0 186 93.9%
Medium confidence 0 2 0 0 2 1.0%
Low confidence 0 0 7 3 10 5.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Rauvolfia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 2 0 3 0 5 2.5%
WCSP 74 112 7 0 0 193 97.5%