Family of shrubs and trees
Rauvolfia serpentina fruitRauvolfia (sometimes spelledRauwolfia ) is a genus ofevergreen trees andshrubs , commonly known asdevil peppers , in the familyApocynaceae . The genus is named to honorLeonhard Rauwolf . The genus can mainly be found intropical regions ofAfrica ,Asia ,Latin America , and various oceanic islands.[ 3] [ 4]
TheInternational Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants stipulates that the genus name was established byCarl Linnaeus in his 1753 bookSpecies Plantarum ,[ 5] [ 6] which cites his earlier description[ 7] which states inBotanical Latin that the name is dedicated "to Leonhard Rauwolf": "Leon. Rauvolfio ". Although some subsequent authorshypercorrected theClassical Latin letter "v" to a modern "w", this is not accepted by the code of nomenclature.[ 8]
Chemical constituents [ edit ] Rauvolfia serpentina , commonly known as Indian snakeroot orsarpagandha , contains manyindole alkaloids .[ 9]
Reserpine is analkaloid first isolated fromR. serpentina and was widely used as anantihypertensive drug[ 10]
Rauvolfia serpentina is declining in the wild due to collection for its medicinal uses.[ 11] Consequently, it is listed inCITES Appendix II .[ 12] Rauvolfia vomitoria is a highly invasive species inHawaiʻi , and is capable of establishing dense monotypic stands.
Species include:[ 3]
Rauvolfia afra Sond. , 1850 - Africa from Togo east to Tanzania, south to Cape ProvinceRauvolfia amsoniifolia A.DC. - Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, Lesser Sunda IslandsRauvolfia andina Markgr. - PeruRauvolfia anomala Rapini & I.Koch - Mato GrossoRauvolfia aphlebia (Standl.) A.H.Gentry - Costa Rica, Panama, ColombiaRauvolfia bahiensis A.DC. - E BrazilRauvolfia balansae (Baill.) Boiteau - New CaledoniaRauvolfia biauriculata Müll.Arg. - Cuba, Haiti, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad & TobagoRauvolfia capixabae I.Koch & Kin.-Gouv - Bahia + Espírito Santo in BrazilRauvolfia capuronii Markgr. - MadagascarRauvolfia chaudocensis Pierre ex Pit. - S VietnamRauvolfia cubana A.DC. - Cuba; naturalized in YunnanRauvolfia decurva Hook.f. - IndiaRauvolfia dichotoma K.Schum. - São ToméRauvolfia gracilis I.Koch & Kin.-Gouv. - Rondônia, Mato GrossoRauvolfia grandiflora Mart. ex A.DC. - E BrazilRauvolfia hookeri S.R.Sriniv. & Chithra - S IndiaRauvolfia indosinensis Pichon - Cambodia, S VietnamRauvolfia insularis Markgr. - PalauRauvolfia × ivanovii Granda & V.R.Fuentes - Cuba(R. ligustrina × R. viridis) Rauvolfia javanica Koord. & Valeton - Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda IslandsRauvolfia kamarora Hendrian - SulawesiRauvolfia leptophylla A.S.Rao - Colombia, VenezuelaRauvolfia letouzeyi Leeuwenb. - Gabon, Republic of CongoRauvolfia ligustrina Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. - from Mexico + Cuba south to Paraguay + NE ArgentinaRauvolfia linearifolia Britton & P.Wilson - E CubaRauvolfia littoralis Rusby - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, EcuadorRauvolfia macrantha K.Schum. ex Markgr. - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, N Brazil, PeruRauvolfia mannii Stapf , 1894 - tropical Africa from Ivory Coast to Tanzania, south to MalawiRauvolfia mattfeldiana Markgr. - BrazilRauvolfia maxima Markgr. - VenezuelaRauvolfia media Pichon , 1947 - Comoros, MadagascarRauvolfia micrantha Hook.f. , 1882 - SW India, S Thailand, VietnamRauvolfia microcarpa Hook.f. - MyanmarRauvolfia moluccana Markgr. - Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarck ArchipelagoRauvolfia mombasiana Stapf - Kenya, Tanzania, MozambiqueRauvolfia moricandii A.DC. - E BrazilRauvolfia nana E.A.Bruce - E Angola, Zambia, S ZaïreRauvolfia nitida Jacq. - West Indies, Panama, S Mexico†Rauvolfia nukuhivensis (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud -French Polynesia but extinct Rauvolfia obtusiflora A.DC. - MadagascarRauvolfia oligantha Hendrian - C JavaRauvolfia pachyphylla Markgr. - Venezuela, GuyanaRauvolfia paraensis Ducke - N Brazil, Peru, Suriname, French GuianaRauvolfia paucifolia A.DC. - E BrazilRauvolfia peguana Hook.f. - MyanmarRauvolfia pentaphylla Ducke - N Brazil, PeruRauvolfia polyphylla Benth. - S Venezuela, N BrazilRauvolfia praecox K.Schum. ex Markgr. - W Brazil, Peru, BoliviaRauvolfia pruinosifolia I.Koch & Kin.-Gouv. - Minas GeraisRauvolfia purpurascens Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, EcuadorRauvolfia rhonhofiae Markgr. - EcuadorRauvolfia rivularis Merr. - MyanmarRauvolfia rostrata Markgr. - Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarck ArchipelagoRauvolfia sachetiae Fosberg , 1981 - Marquesas inFrench Polynesia Rauvolfia salicifolia Griseb. - CubaRauvolfia sanctorum Woodson - Colombia, PeruRauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC. , 1844 - Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiʻi )[ 13] Rauvolfia schuelii Speg. - Bolivia, NW ArgentinaRauvolfia sellowii Müll.Arg. - Brazil, Paraguay, Misiones Province of ArgentinaRauvolfia semperflorens (Müll.Arg.) Schltr. - New CaledoniaRauvolfia serpentina (L.)Benth. ex Kurz , 1877 - Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast AsiaRauvolfia sevenetii Boiteau - New CaledoniaRauvolfia spathulata Boiteau - New CaledoniaRauvolfia sprucei Müll.Arg. - S Venezuela, Peru, N BrazilRauvolfia steyermarkii Woodson - Táchira in VenezuelaRauvolfia sumatrana Jack , 1820 - Guangdong, Thailand, Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia, PhilippinesRauvolfia tetraphylla L., 1753 - Also calledRauwolfia carescens ; from Mexico and West Indies to Peru; naturalized in China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman Islands, Vietnam, QueenslandRauvolfia tiaolushanensis Tsiang - Hainan in S ChinaRauvolfia verticillata (Lour. )Baill. , 1895 - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, PhilippinesRauvolfia vietnamensis Lý - VietnamRauvolfia viridis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. - West Indies, Costa Rica, Colombia, VenezuelaRauvolfia volkensii (K.Schum.) Stapf - TanzaniaRauvolfia vomitoria Afzel. , 1817 - tropical Africa from Senegal east to Sudan + Tanzania, south to Angola; naturalized in China, Bangladesh, Puerto RicoRauvolfia weddeliana Müll.Arg. - Brazil, ParaguayRauvolfia woodsoniana Standl. - Costa Ricaformerly included[ 3] Rauvolfia celastrifolia Baker =Stephanostegia hildebrandtii Baill. Rauvolfia dentata Tafalla ex D.Don =Citharexylum dentatum D.Don Rauvolfia flexuosa Ruiz & Pav. =Citharexylum flexuosum (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don Rauvolfia glabra Cav. =Vallesia glabra (Cav.) Link Rauvolfia laevigata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. =Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia Jacq. Rauvolfia longifolia A.DC. =Alstonia longifolia (A.DC.) Pichon Rauvolfia macrophylla Ruiz & Pav. 1799 not Stapf 1894 =Citharexylum flexuosum (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don Rauvolfia oppositifolia Spreng. 1822 not Sessé & Moc. 1888 =Tabernaemontana oppositifolia (Spreng.) Urb. Rauvolfia pubescens Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. =Citharexylum quitense Spreng. Rauvolfia spinosa Cav. =Citharexylum flexuosum (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don Rauvolfia stenophylla Donn.Sm. =Alstonia longifolia (A.DC.) Pichon Rauvolfia strempelioides Griseb. =Strempeliopsis strempelioides (Griseb.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. Rauvolfia striata Poir. =Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel. ^ "Rauvolfia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network .United States Department of Agriculture . 2003-03-14. Archived fromthe original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved2009-11-11 .^ "Rauvolfia L." TROPICOS . Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved2009-11-11 .^a b c d "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families" . RetrievedMay 18, 2014 .^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 157萝芙木属 luo fu mu shuRauvolfia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 208. 1753. ^ (McNeill et al. 2012 , Article 38.1) ^ Linnaeus, C. 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