Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200
Parent taxon: Apocynaceae according to B. F. Jacobs and C. H. S. Kabuye 1987
Sister taxa: Alstonia, Alyxia, Apocynaceoxylon, Apocynocarpum, Apocynophyllum, Apocynospermum, Aspidospermoxylon, Carissa, Chonemorpha, Cricotriporites, Cypselites, Echitonium, Fezzania, Hemidesmus, Kibatalia, Landolphia, Leakeyia, Lyonsiaephyllum, Neritinium, Nerium, Ochrosella, Ochrosoidea, Plumieroideae, Pseudolithos, Stapelianthus, Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontanophyllum, Thevetia, Topea, Wrightia, Acerates, Polioexolobus, Periploca, Asclepiadites, Asclepiophyllum
Subtaxa: Rauvolfia tetraphylla
Type: Rauvolfia tetraphylla
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1 collection)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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