Rauvolfia tetraphylla Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 208. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 1700.

Lectotype (Stearn, Introd. Linnaeus’ Sp. Pl. (Ray Soc. ed.): 47. 1957): [icon] " Rauvolfia " in Linnaeus, Hort. Cliff: 75, t. 9. 1738. - Voucher: Herb. Clifford: 75, Rauvolfia 1 (BM) .

Generitype of Rauvolfia Linnaeus.

Current name: Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. ( Apocynaceae).

Note: See extensive discussion by Rendle (in Proc. Linn. Soc. London 149: 108. 1937), Rao (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 43: 255, 285. 1956) and Fuchs (in Taxon 9: 37-40. 1960). Leeuwenberg (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 81. 1993) designated a Clifford sheet as lectotype but this choice is pre-dated by that of Stearn.