''Rhazya'' is a genus of

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in family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...

first described as a genus in 1835. It is native to

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and to southwestern

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from the

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to north-west

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. The genus is placed in subfamily

Rauvolfioideae Rauvolfioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae (order Gentianales). Many species are woody lianas, others are shrubs or perennial herbs. Tribes and genera To date (2022), eleven tribes have been erected:Endress ME, Liede ...

Species

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accepted two species: * '' Rhazya greissii'' Täckh. & Boulos -

Kharga Oasis The Kharga Oasis ( , ) ; , "Oasis of Hib", "Oasis of Psoi") is the southernmost of Egypt's five western oases. It is located in the Western Desert, about 200 km (125 miles) to the west of the Nile valley. "Kharga" or "El Kharga" is ...

in Egypt * ''

Rhazya stricta ''Rhazya stricta'' (Persian: اشورک Eshvarak) is a native poisonous plant in Southern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia.Muẓaffariān, Walī Allāh. 1996. A dictionary of Iranian plant names: Latin, Engl ...

'' Decne. - Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Western Himalayas

References

Rauvolfioideae Apocynaceae genera Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne {{Apocynaceae-stub