Rauvolfia serpentina

Summary

Rauvolfia serpentina is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (602 views/month, #1,369 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rauvolfia serpentina's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Leonhard Rauwolf is named after Rauvolfia serpentina^[5].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is classified within Rauvolfia^[6].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's scientific name is Rauvolfia serpentina^[7].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is used for medicinal plant^[8].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's Commons category is recorded as Rauvolfia serpentina^[9].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's has basionym is recorded as Ophioxylon serpentinum^[10].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rauvolfia serpentina^[11].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's Commons gallery is recorded as Rauvolfia serpentina^[12].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's product or material produced is recorded as Rauwolfia alkaloids^[13].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e^[14].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 63^[15].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=30895^[16].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'R. serpentina'}^[17].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'serpentine wood'}^[18].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Snakeroot'}^[19].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蛇根木'}^[20].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '印度萝芙木'}^[21].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '印度蛇木'}^[22].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '印度蛇根木'}^[23].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '印度蛇根草'}^[24].
• Rauvolfia serpentina is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蛇根木'}^[25].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[26].
• Rauvolfia serpentina's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[27].

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Classification

Rauvolfia serpentina's scientific name is Rauvolfia serpentina^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Rauvolfia^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'serpentine wood'}^[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Snakeroot'}^[19], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蛇根木'}^[20], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '印度萝芙木'}^[21], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '印度蛇木'}^[22], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '印度蛇根木'}^[23].

Discovery and Description

Leonhard Rauwolf is named after Rauvolfia serpentina^[5].

Identifiers

Rauvolfia serpentina's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 431529^[28]. Rauvolfia serpentina's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4060^[29]. Rauvolfia serpentina's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 483918^[30]. Rauvolfia serpentina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3169787^[31]. Rauvolfia serpentina's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506005^[32].

Why It Matters

Rauvolfia serpentina ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (602 views/month, #1,369 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]