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tetraphylla

Taxon

Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 208. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Rauvolfia tetraphylla--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 303.jpg

Rauvolfia tetraphylla--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 303.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rauvolfia tetraphylla--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 304.jpg

Rauvolfia tetraphylla--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 304.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rauvolfia tetraphylla--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 300.jpg

Rauvolfia tetraphylla--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 300.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rauvolfia tetraphylla--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 301.jpg

Rauvolfia tetraphylla--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 6 Apr 03. 301.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; introduced into Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, Florida, Hainan, India, Nepal, Queensland, Taiwan, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 6, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Rauvolfia

Specific Epithet

tetraphylla

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#264,691 of 335,497

Top 79%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →