Apocynaceae
Rauvolfia

Rauvolfia mombasiana Stapf

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 21 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Mozambique. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 484, map (1994).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 48 (1961).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 54 (1949).
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 431 (1949).
  • Stapf in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1894: 21 (1894).
  • de Kruif in Flora Zambesiaca 7, 2: 462 (1985).
  • van Dilst & Leeuwenberg in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 61: 48, t. 11 (1991).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Festo, L.; Luke, Q. [2500] Kenya K000197462 No
Jan 1, 1983 Wakefield, T. [s.n.] Tanzania K000233491 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Holst, C. [2801a] Tanzania K000233490 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Hildebrandt, J.M. [2011] Tanzania K000233492 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Kirk [84] Tanzania K000233489 Paratype No
Faulkner, H. [1763] Tanzania K:SPC-05085.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [151] Tanzania K:SPC-02291.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0