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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

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Rauvolfia amsoniifolia A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia andina Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia anomala Rapini & I.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia aphlebia (Standl.) A.H.Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia arborea Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia bahiensis A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia balansae (Baill.) Boiteau	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Rauvolfia biauriculata Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia bilabiata Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia brasiliensis Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia caffra Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia capixabae I.Koch & Kin.-Gouv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia capuronii Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia chaudocensis Pierre ex Pit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia cortdata Miers	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rauvolfia cubana A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia decurva Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia densiflora Warb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia dichotoma K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia gracilis I.Koch & Kin.-Gouv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia grandiflora Mart. ex A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia grandifolia Mart.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Rauvolfia hookeri S.R.Sriniv. & Chithra	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia indosinensis Pichon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia insularis Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia × ivanovii Granda & V.R.Fuentes	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia javanica Koord. & Valeton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia kamarora Hendrian	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia laubertiana Woodson	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Rauvolfia leptophylla A.S.Rao	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia letouzeyi Leeuwenb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia ligustrina Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia linearifolia Britton & P.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia littoralis Rusby	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia lycioides Cav.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia macrantha K.Schum. ex Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia mannii Stapf	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia mattfeldiana Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia maxima Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia media Pichon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia micrantha Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia microcarpa Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia moluccana Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia mombasiana Stapf	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia moricandii A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia nana E.A.Bruce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia nitida Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia nukuhivensis (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia obtusiflora A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia odontophylla Müll. Arg.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Rauvolfia oligantha Hendrian	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia oppositiflora Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia pachyphylla Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia paraensis Ducke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia paucifolia A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia peguana Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia pentaphylla Ducke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia polyphylla Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia praecox K.Schum. ex Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia pruinosifolia I.Koch & Kin.-Gouv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia purpurascens Standl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia rhonhofiae Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia rivularis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia rostrata Markgr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia sachetiae Fosberg	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia salicifolia Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia sanctorum Woodson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia schuelii Speg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia sellowii Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia semperflorens (Müll.Arg.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia sevenetii Boiteau	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia spathulata Boiteau	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia sprucei Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia steyermarkii Woodson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia sumatrana Jack	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia tiaolushanensis Tsiang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia vietnamensis Lý	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia viridis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia volkensii (K.Schum.) Stapf	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia weddeliana Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rauvolfia woodsoniana Standl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 242 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Rauvolfia. Of these 77 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 37 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 242 species names for the genus Rauvolfia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	77	31.8%
◕	Synonym	156	64.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	3.7%

All names

The status of the 279 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Rauvolfia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	80	28.7%
◕	Synonym	190	68.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	3.2%

Of the species names,

• 8 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 242 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Rauvolfia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	76	152	0	0	228	94.2%
	Medium confidence	1	4	0	0	5	2.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	9	9	3.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Rauvolfia is as follows: