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Rauvolfia serpentina  (L.) Benth. ex Kurz
Taxonomic Serial No.: 506005

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): snakewood [English]
  
    serpentine wood [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderAsteranae   
                         OrderGentianales   
                            FamilyApocynaceae  – dogbane, apocyns  
                               GenusRauvolfia L. – devil's-pepper  
                                  SpeciesRauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz – snakewood, serpentine wood  
       

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  Source: Apocynaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Rauvolfia serpentina   
       
  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Rauvolfia serpentina   
       
  Source: eFloras: Flora of China, 2011, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: eFloras, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org   
  Reference for: Rauvolfia serpentina   
       
  Source: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) Taxonomy Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA. http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/index.html   
  Reference for: Rauvolfia serpentina   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Rauvolfia serpentina   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Rauvolfia serpentina   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Appendix II adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
 

 

    

 
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