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Rauvolfia verticillata
As recorded: Rauvolfia densiflora (Wall.) Benth. ex Hook.fil.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Apocynaceae
- Collected by
- Sohmer, S.H.; Jayasuriya, M.; et al.M. Jayasuriya →Seymour H. Sohmer →
- Collector number
- 8366
- Date
- October 31, 1973
- Locality
- Central Province; Nuwara Eliya District, Pidurutalagala FR - about 1/2 mile from beginning of trail to the top of Pidurutalagala
- Region
- Sri Lanka
- Identified by
- Yee, N.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Rauvolfia verticillata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1973. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 324 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.

2026-10-23
Xuan Huong - Da Lat, Lam Dong, VN
(c) momo shou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-15
804台灣高雄市鼓山區龍井里M746+XQ
(c) ssnp107-1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-13
壽山國家自然公園, 鼓山區, 高雄市, TW
(c) ssnp210, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04
Pingtung, Taiwan, Taiwan
(c) changchih-yi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04
Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, HK
(c) shaoxin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-01
壽山國家自然公園, 鼓山區, 高雄市, TW
(c) yuhu6458, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Rauvolfia verticillata. BISH 433940. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956206825. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/433940.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956206825 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
