Rhazya
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Rhazya is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1835. It is native to Egypt and to southwestern Asia from the Arabian Peninsula to north-west India. The genus is placed in subfamily Rauvolfioideae.{{cite web |title=Gen. Rhazya Decne.. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture|url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=10376 |access-date=2023-11-09 }}
Species
{{As of|2023|November}}, Plants of the World Online accepted two species:
- Rhazya greissii Täckh. & Boulos - Kharga Oasis in Egypt
- Rhazya stricta Decne. - Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Western Himalayas