Pavetta mollis

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
Subgenus: P. subg. Pavetta
Species: Pavetta mollis

Name

Pavetta mollis Afzel. ex Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 174 (1877)

• Typus:
  • Lectotypus: Afzelius s.n. (B [​fide Bremekamp 1934: 178, not traced by Hepper & Keay 1963], S-G-4598^(JSTOR)).
  • Syntypus: Brass s.n.
• Type locality: Upper Guinea.
  • Lectotypus: SIERRA LEONE.
  • Syntypus: [GHANA.] Cape Coast.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ixora mollis (Afzel. ex Hiern) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 287 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Pavetta apiculata Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 89, in clavi., 91 (1931); not accepted by Hepper & Keay (1963) [cited as Pavetta mollis]
    • Typus:
      • Lectotypus: Pobéguin 274 (July [1900]; K {K000411876^(JSTOR) & K000411877^(JSTOR), both determined as P. mollis by R.W.J. Keay on 14 May 1956} fide Bremekamp 1934: 139).
      • ⧼Syntypi⧽: Johnson 754 (May, [flower buds]; K) et Irvine 330 (April, [flower buds]; FHO).
    • Type locality:
      • Lectotypus: GUINEA. Kouroussa.
      • Johnson: Gold Coast[GHANA]. Okroase.
      • Irvine: Gold Coast[GHANA]. Achimota.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Homonyms

Pavetta mollis R.Br. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 150 (1880), pro syn. [= Pavetta tomentosa var. tomentosa]

References

Primary references

• Oliver, D. 1877. Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. 3. Umbeliferae to Ebenaceae. 544 pp. London. 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. 
• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1934. A monograph of the genus Pavetta L. Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis 37: 1–208. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Hepper, F.N. & Keay, R.W.J. 1963. Rubiaceae. In: Hepper, F.N. (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations, pp. 104–223. Reference page.  [see this entry.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta mollis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta mollis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta mollis. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta mollis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2022.