Rauvolfia ternifolia Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 232 (1819)
This name is a synonym of Rauvolfia ligustrina

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Rauvolfia ligustrina.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Rauvolfia ligustrina.]
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Rauvolfia ligustrina.]
  • Koch, I., Kinoshita, L.S. & Bittrich, V. (2007). Taxonomic novelties in Rauvolfia (Apocynaceae, Rauvolfioideae) from Brazil. Novon 17: 462-471. [Cited as Rauvolfia ligustrina.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1947). Apocynaceae. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(3): 144-162. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain. [Cited as Rauvolfia ternifolia.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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