Rauvolfia serpentina
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Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz
Engish:
serpentinus,-a,-um;
ID recognized genus:
1055
recognized genus:
Rauvolfia L.
ID species:
870124 | wfo-0000295174 | 81648-1
Taxonomic status:
Accepted
ID basionym:
717580
published in:
Forest Fl. Burma
ID publication:
6014
volume:
2

homotypic synonyms:
Ophioxylon serpentinum L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Ophioxylon album Gaertner; Ophioxylon obversum Miq.; Ophioxylon salutiferum Salisb.; Ophioxylon trifoliatum Gaertner; Rauvolfia obversa (Miq.) Baillon; Rauvolfia trifoliata (Gaertner) Baillon;

protologue: Forest Fl. Burma 2: 171 (1877)
URL protologue: https://archive.org/stream/#page/171/mode/2up

  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
H.A. van Rheede tot Drakestein, Hort. Ind. Malab., vol. 6 : t. 47 (1686)
  2 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [80 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
Pl. Malab. Icon., vol. 2(): : t. 168 (1694-1710)
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
J. Burman, Thes. Zeylan.: t. 64 (1737)
  2 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [80 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
G.E. Rumphius (Rumpf), Herb. Amboin., vol. 7 (Auctuarium): p. 29, t. 16 (1755)
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
W. Roxburgh, Icones Roxburgianae (Kew): t. 137 (1780-1815)
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
W. Roxburgh, Icones Roxburgianae (India): t. 137 (1780-1815)
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
J. Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl., vol. 2 : t. 109 (1791)
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
J.B.P.A. de Monet de Lamarck, J.L.M. Poiret, Tabl. Encycl., vol. 4 : t. 842 (1791-1823) [J.E. de Seve]
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
J.J. Roemer, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig), vol. 1 : t. 7, fig. 2 (1796)
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
N.J. von Jacquin, Pl. Hort. Schoenbr., vol. 3 : t. 389 (1798)
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
W. Curtis, Bot. Mag., vol. 20 : t. 784 (1804) [S.T. Edwards]
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
L. Trattinnick, Auswahl Gartenpfl., vol. 2 (tt. 101-200): t. 141 (1821)
  6 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [125 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
R. Wight, , Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient., vol. 3 : t. 849 (1846) [Rungia]
  44 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [127]
Nuttige Ind. Pl.: t. 46, fig. 1 (1894-1900)
  2 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [80 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
K.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Ind. Med. Pl., Plates, vol. 4 : t. 602, fig. B (1918)
  2 870124 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [80 717580 Ophioxylon serpentinum L.]
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard., vol. 43 : p. 275 (1956) [n.a.]

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