Pavetta brachycalyx

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Pavetta brachycalyx Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 169 (1877)

Typus:
- Lectotypus: G. Mann [2159] ([in flower, December 1862]; K [cf. K000411861^(JSTOR), 'unknown type material']; iso[lecto]typi: GH 00094949^(JSTOR), P [P00553403^(JSTOR)]).
  - Note: the collection number did not appear in the protologue and was presented by Hutchinson & Dalziel (1931: 91) and Bremekamp (1934: 76).
- Syntypi: Mann s.n. and Mann s.n.[1729?]
Type locality:
- Lectotypus: CAMEROON Mountains, at 2–3,000 ft.
- Syntypi: [GABON.] Gaboon River and Sierra del Crystal.
  - Note: it seems that the one from Sierra del Crystal (#1729) was later described as Pavetta gabonica Bremek.

Homotypic
- Ixora brachycalyx (Hiern) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 286 (1891)
Heterotypic
- Exechostylus flaviflora K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28(1): 68 (1899)
  - Typus: A. Staudt 565 (in flower, 29 January 1896; B; isotypus: LE 00017379^(JSTOR)).
  - Type locality: Kamerun[CAMEROON]. Johann Albrechtshöhe[Barombi].
- Pavetta flaviflora (K.Schum.) Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 90, in clavi., 92 (1931); not accepted by Bremekamp (1934), Hepper & Keay (1963) [cited as Pavetta brachycalyx]

Pavetta hierniana Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni 37: 76 (1934), pro parte, quoad Dunlap 20 [collected in Cameroon; K {K000510318 & K000510323}]
- Note: vide Hepper & Keay (1963).

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Oliver, D. 1877. Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. 3. Umbeliferae to Ebenaceae. 544 pp. London. BHL Reference page.

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.
Schumann, K. 1899. Rubiaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28(1): 55–113. BHL Reference page.
Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1931–1936. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 2. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Google Books. 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.]
Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1934. A monograph of the genus Pavetta L. Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis 37: 1–208. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Manning, S.D. 1996. Revision of Pavetta subgenus Baconia (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae) in Cameroon. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 83(1): 87–150. BHL Reference page. [see pages 105–106.]

IUCN: Pavetta brachycalyx Hiern (Endangered) - Assessed by M. Cheek on 30 April 2004.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta brachycalyx in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 2. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta brachycalyx in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 2. Reference page.