Pavetta edentula

Pavetta edentula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Pavetteae
Genus: Pavetta
Species: Pavetta edentula

Name

Pavetta edentula Sond., Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 3: 20 (1865)

• Type: W.T. Gerrard & M.J. McKen 1353 (March; holotype: TCD [cf. TCD0002961]; isotype: K [​K000412381^(JSTOR)]).
• Type locality: [South Africa.] [KwaZulu-Natal:] Port Natal[Durban], near Ingoma.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ixora edentula (Sond.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 286 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Pavetta disarticulata Galpin, Bull. Misc. Inform Kew 1895(102–103): 145 (1895); reduced to P. edentula by Bremekamp (1934: 169)
    • Type: Galpin 406 ([November 1889]; syntype: K [​K000412382^(JSTOR)]) et J.M. Wood 3954a (syntype; 'Type': BOL [​BOL138627, without collector number]).
    • Type locality: [South Africa.]
      • Galpin: Transvaal[Mpumalanga]: Barberton, amongst scrub and rocks on the slopes and granite ridges surrounding the town; also Kaap river valley and French Bobs Hill, alt. 1800–2900 ft.
      • Wood: Zululand[KwaZulu-Natal]: Indulindi, on the side of a stony hill, alt. about 1000 feet.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa Mozambique Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (including Mpumalanga) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Harvey, W.H. & Sonder, O.W. 1864–1865. Flora Capensis; being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal. Volume III. Rubiaceae to Campanulaceae. ix + 633 pp. Hodges, Smith & Co., Dublin; I.C. Juta, Capetown.BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. 
• Galpin, E.E. 1895. Diagnoses Africanæ, VI. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1895(102–103): 145. BHL
• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1934. A monograph of the genus Pavetta L. Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis 37: 1–208. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Kok, P.D.F. & Grobbelaar, N. 1984. Studies on Pavetta (Rubiaceae) II. Enumeration of species and synonymy. South African Journal of Botany 3(3): 185–187. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4618(16)30046-8 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Pavetta edentula Sond. (Least Concern) - Assessed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group on 12 June 2018 and published in 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta edentula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 20. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta edentula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta edentula. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta edentula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2022.