Rauvolfioideae is a subfamily of the

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

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 ...

(order

Gentianales Gentianales is an order of flowering plant, included within the asterid clade of eudicots. It comprises more than 20,000 species in about 1,200 genera in 5 families. More than 80% of the species in this order belong to the family Rubiaceae. Man ...

). 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-Schumann S, Meve U (2014) An updated classification for Apocynaceae. ''Phytotaxa'' 159(3): 175–194.

Aspidospermateae

Authority: Miers, 1878 # ''

Aspidosperma ''Aspidosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the Dogbane family (biology), family (Apocynaceae), first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies. One Central American ...

'' Mart. & Zucc., 1924 # '' Geissospermum'' Allemão, 1846 # '' Haplophyton'' A.DC., 1844 # '' Microplumeria'' Baill., 1899 # '' Strempeliopsis'' Benth., 1876 # ''

Vallesia ''Vallesia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1794. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico, Florida, the Galápagos Islands, and the West Indies. ;Species * ''Vallesia antillana'' Woods ...

'' Ruiz & Pav., 1794

Alstonieae

Authority: G. Don, 1837 # '' Alstonia'' R. Br., 1810 # '' Dyera'' Hook. F., 1882

Vinceae

Authority: Duby, 1828 ;subtribe Kopsiinae Leeuwenb., 1994 # '' Kopsia'' Blume, 1823 ;subtribe Ochrosiinae Pichon ex Boiteau, 1981 # ''

Ochrosia ''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species Species in the genus include: # '' Ochro ...

'' Juss, 1789 ;subtribe Tonduziinae M.E. Endress, 2014 # '' Laxoplumeria'' Markgr., 1926 # '' Tonduzia'' Pittier, 1908 ;subtribe Vincinae M.E. Endress, 2014 # ''

Vinca ''Vinca'' (; Latin: ''vincire'' "to bind, fetter") is an Old World genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, The English name periwinkle is shared with the related genus '' Catharanthus'' (and with the mollusc '' Littorina littorea'') ...

'' L., 1853 ;subtribe Catharanthinae Pichon ex Boiteau, 1981 # ''

Catharanthus ''Catharanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Like the genus ''Vinca'', they are known commonly as periwinkles. It is a perennial herb and a subshrub endemic to Madagascar, with the exception of the Catharanthus pusi ...

'' G. Don, 1837 # '' Kamettia'' Kostel., 1834 # '' Petchia'' Livera, 1926 ;subtribe Rauvolfiinae Benth. & Hook.f., 1876 # ''

Rauvolfia ''Rauvolfia'' (sometimes spelled ''Rauwolfia'') is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, commonly known as devil peppers, in the family Apocynaceae. The genus is named to honor Leonhard Rauwolf. The genus can mainly be found in Tropics, trop ...

'' L., 1753

Willughbeieae

Authority: A.DC., 1844 ;subtribe Leuconotidinae Pichon ex Leeuwenb., 1994 # '' Bousigonia'' Pierre, 1898 # '' Cyclocotyla'' Stapf, 1908 # '' Leuconotis'' Jack, 1823 ;subtribe Willughbeiinae A.DC., 1844 # '' Willughbeia'' Roxb., 1820 ;subtribe Lacmelleinae Pichon ex Leeuwenb., 1994 # '' Couma'' Aubl., 1775 # '' Hancornia'' Gomes, 1803 # '' Lacmellea'' H. Karst., 1857 # ''

Parahancornia ''Parahancornia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1922. It is native to South America. Species The following species are currently recognized under Parahancornia: * ''Parahancornia amara'' ...

'' Ducke, 1922 ;subtribe Landolphiinae K. Schum., 1895 # ''

Ancylobothrys ''Ancylobothrys'' (sometimes spelled ''Ancylobotrys'') is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae found in tropical and southern Africa. , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: * ''Ancylobothrys amoena'' Henri Hua, Hua � ...

'' Pierre, 1898 # '' Chamaeclitandra'' (Stapf) Pichon, 1953 # '' Clitandra'' Benth., 1849 # '' Cylindropsis'' Pierre, 1898 # '' Dictyophleba'' Pierre, 1898 # '' Landolphia'' P. Beauv., 1804 # '' Orthopichonia'' H. Huber, 1962 # '' Pacouria'' Aubl., 1775 # ''

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'' (Pichon) Pichon, 1953 # '' Vahadenia'' Stapf, 1902

Tabernaemontaneae

Authority: G. Don, 1838 ;subtribe Ambelaniinae A.O. Simões & M.E. Endress, 2010 # '' Ambelania'' Aubl., 1775 # '' Macoubea'' Aubl., 1775 # '' Molongum'' Pichon, 1948 # '' Mucoa'' Zarucchi, 1988 # '' Neocouma'' Pierre, 1898 # '' Rhigospira'' Miers, 1878 # '' Spongiosperma'' Zarucchi, 1988 ;subtribe Tabernaemontaninae A.DC., 1844 # '' Callichilia'' Stapf, 1902 # '' Calocrater'' K. Schum., 1895 # '' Carvalhoa'' K. Schum., 1895 # '' Crioceras'' Pierre, 1897 # '' Schizozygia'' Baill., 1888 # ''

Tabernaemontana ''Tabernaemontana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. These plants are everg ...

'' L., 1753 # '' Tabernanthe'' Baill., 1888 # '' Voacanga'' Thouars, 1806

Melodineae

Authority: G. Don, 1837 # '' Diplorhynchus'' Welw. ex Ficalho & Hiern., 1881 # '' Craspidospermum'' Bojer ex A. DC., 1844 # ''

Melodinus ''Melodinus'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to Indomalaya, Meganesia and various islands in the western Pacific Islands, Pacific. A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called me ...

'' J.R. Forst. & G. Forst., 1776 # '' Pycnobotrya'' Benth., 1876 # ''

Stephanostegia ''Stephanostegia'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1888. The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the isla ...

'' Baill., 1888

Hunterieae

Authority: Miers, 1878 # '' Gonioma'' E. Mey., 1938 # '' Hunteria'' Roxb., 1824 # '' Picralima'' Pierre, 1896 # '' Pleiocarpa'' Benth., 1876

Amsonieae

Authority: M.E. Endress, 2014 # ''

Amsonia ''Amsonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynum, dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1788. It is native primarily to North America with one species in East Asia and another in the eastern Mediterranean. It was ...

'' Walter, 1788

Alyxieae

Authority: G. Don, 1837 ;subtribe Condylocarpinae Pichon ex Leeuwenb., 1994 # '' Chilocarpus'' Blume, 1895 # '' Condylocarpon'' Desf., 1822 # '' Plectaneia'' Thouars, 1806 ;subtribe Alyxiinae A.DC., 1844 # ''

Alyxia ''Alyxia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but '' Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of further study. It c ...

'' Banks ex R. Br., 1810 # '' Lepinia'' Decne., 1849 # '' Lepiniopsis'' Valeton, 1895 # ''

Pteralyxia ''Pteralyxia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1895. The entire genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands () are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atol ...

'' K. Schum., 1895

Plumerieae

Authority: E. Mey., 1838 ;subtribe Allamandinae A.DC., 1844 # '' Allamanda'' L., 1771 ;subtribe Plumeriinae Pichon ex Leeuwenb., 1994 # ''

Himatanthus ''Himatanthus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Panama and South America. ;Species # '' Himatanthus articulatus'' (Vahl) Woodson - widespread from Panama east to French ...

'' Willd. ex. Schult., 1819 # '' Mortoniella'' Woodson, 1939 # ''

Plumeria ''Plumeria'' (), also known as frangipani, is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Rauvolfioideae, of the family Apocynaceae. Most species are deciduous shrubs or small trees. The species are native to the Neotropical realm (in Mexico, ...

'' L., 1753 ;subtribe Thevetiinae A.DC., 1844 # '' Anechites'' Griseb., 1861 # '' Cameraria'' L., 1753 # '' Cerbera'' L., 1753 # '' Cerberiopsis'' Viell. ex Pancher & Sébert, 1874 # '' Skytanthus'' Meyen, 1834 # '' Thevetia'' L., 1758