Pavetta radicans

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 radicans

Name

Pavetta radicans Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 487 (1898)

• Typus: F.M.J. Welwitsch 3184 (December 1859; holotypus: BM [​BM000903433^(JSTOR)]; isotypi: EA, K [​K000412000^(JSTOR)], LISU [​LISU208636], P [​P03911891], PRE [​PRE0594409-0^(JSTOR)]).
• Type locality: [Angola.] Huilla: in thickets near Lopollo.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pavetta cecilae N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906(4): 106 (1906); as 'Pavetta Cecilae'; not accepted by Bremekamp (1934) [cited as Pavetta radicans]
    • Typus: E. Cecil 124 (November 1899; holotypus: K [​K000412001^(JSTOR)]).
    • Type locality: Rhodesia[Zimbabwe]. Matabeleland, at Selukwe.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre East Tropical Africa Tanzania South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hiern, W.P. 1898. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part II. Combretaceæ to Rubiaceæ. Pp. 337–510 BHL; Dicotyledons, Part III. Dipsaceæ to Scrophulariaceæ. Pp. 511–784 BHL. London. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brown, N.E. 1906. Pavetta cecilae. P. 106 in Decades Kewenses: Plantarum novarum in herbario Horti Regii conservatarum. Decades XXXVI.–XL. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1906(1): 1–15. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1934. A monograph of the genus Pavetta L. Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis 37(1–13): 1–208. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.  [see page 173.]
• Bridson, D.M. 1978. Studies in Pavetta (Rubiaceae subfam. Cinchonoideae) for part 2 of 'Flora of Tropical East Africa: Rubiaceae'. Kew Bulletin 32(3): 609–652. DOI: 10.2307/4109670 Reference page.  [see page 640.]
• Figueiredo, E. 2008. The Rubiaceae of Angola. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 156(4): 537–638. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00750.x Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta radicans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta radicans. Published online. Accessed: 6 June 2022.