Apocynaceae
Rauvolfia

Rauvolfia afra Sond.

First published in Linnaea 23: 77 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Jongkind, C.C.H. (2022). Flore du Gabon 59: 1-276. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 4, 1: 110.
  • in Linnaea 23: 77 (1850)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 172 (1994).
  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 483, ill., map (1994).
  • Codd in Flora of Southern Africa 26: 275 (1963).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 48 (1961).
  • Huber in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 69 (1963).
  • Sond. in Linnaea 23: 77 (1850).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate ed. 2: 30 (1952).
  • de Kruif in Flora Zambesiaca 7 (2): 460, t. 108 (1985).
  • van Dilst & Leeuwenberg in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 61: 24, t. 1 (1991).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2010 Harvey, Y.B. [90] Cameroon K000339964 No
Sep 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11576] Cameroon K000339965 No
May 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9395] Cameroon K000197987 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2858] Cameroon K000197985 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1712] Cameroon K000197986 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1537] Cameroon K000197983 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2036] Cameroon K000197984 No
Jan 1, 1999 Itoh, N.; Sakamaki, T. [NI97-5] Tanzania K:SPC-72521.000 No
Jan 1, 1992 Ndam, N. [522] Cameroon K000086215 No
Jan 1, 1989 Thomas, D.W. [1074] Cameroon K000028068 No
Jan 1, 1989 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [10691] Cameroon K000028074 No
Jan 1, 1989 Thomas, D.W. [3066] Cameroon K000028075 No
Jan 1, 1983 Dunlap [248] Cameroon K000028070 No
Jan 1, 1983 Welwitsch [5951] Angola K000233486 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Mann [1328] Cameroon K000028071 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Mann [1328] Cameroon K000028072 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Goetze, W. [385] Tanzania K000233494 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Mildbraed, G., W. J. [10783] Cameroon K000028069 No
Jan 1, 1983 Zeyher [1183] South Africa K000233695 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Zenker, G.A. [1975] Cameroon K000233506 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Volkens, G. [1415] Tanzania K000233496 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Dawe, M.T. [603] Uganda K000233498 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Zenker, G.A. [1626] Cameroon K000233507 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Olorunfemi, J. [FHI 30605] Cameroon K000028067 No
Jan 1, 1983 Holst, C. [2360] Tanzania K000233495 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Ejiofor, M.C. [30084] Cameroon K000028066 No
Jan 1, 1983 Fischer [377] Tanzania K000233497 Type No
Jan 1, 1972 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9259] Cameroon K000028092 No
Feb 1, 1968 Meurillon, A. [CNAD 567] Cameroon K000028073 No
Verdcourt, B. [141] Tanzania K:SPC-11760.000 No
Luke, Q.; Badua, A.; Bokara, D.; Hastings, Z.; Mebulo, I.; Rivas, J. [13459] Equatorial Guinea K001561607 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [1357] Malawi K001569913 Yes
Patel, H. [7185] Mozambique K000545147 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7218] Tanzania K:SPC-30813.000 No
Harley, R.M. [9257] Tanzania K:SPC-06575.000 No

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