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Rauvolfia afra Sond.

This species name was first published in Linnaea 23(1): 77 1850  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000295012.

Synonyms of Rauvolfia afra Sond.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Rauvolfia goetzei Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 113 (1902) wfo-0000295040
Rauvolfia gonioclada K.Schum. ex Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 110 (1902) wfo-0000295041
Rauvolfia inebrians K.Schum. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 154 (1893) wfo-0000295050
Rauvolfia leucopoda K.Schum. ex De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 38: 205 (1899) wfo-0000295068
Rauvolfia macrophylla Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 20 (1894) wfo-0000295082
Rauvolfia mayombensis Pellegr. Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie , n.s., 1(2): 27 (1928) wfo-0000295091
Rauvolfia natalensis Sond. Linnaea 23: 78 (1850) wfo-0000295108
Rauvolfia obliquinervis Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 112 (1902) wfo-0000295114
Rauvolfia ochrosioides K.Schum. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 154 (1893) wfo-0000295120
Rauvolfia oxyphylla Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 407 (1908) wfo-0000295128
Rauvolfia tchibangensis Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 31: 466 (1925) wfo-0000295193
Rauvolfia verticillata A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 194 (1913) wfo-0000295202
Rauvolfia welwitschii Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 110 (1902) wfo-0000295215
Rauvolfia caffra var. natalensis Stapf ex Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. (Hiern) 1: 665 1898 wfo-0000908870