Pavetta brownii

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 brownii
Varietates: P. b. var. brownii – P. b. var. glabrata

Name

Pavetta brownii Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 125 (1934)

• Typus: R. Brown 3449 pro parte ([6 November 1802]; Lectotypus: BM [​BM001040289^(JSTOR)] [designated by Reynolds 1993: 35, 38–39]; Isotypus: LE 00017410^(JSTOR) [under number '3447']).
• Type locality: Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, Coen River.

Synonymy

• Pavetta brownii var. pubescens Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 125 (1934), not validly publ.
  • Typus: R. Brown 3449 pro parte ([December 1802]; Holotypus: K {K000763463^(JSTOR), K000763464^(JSTOR), K000763466^(JSTOR)}; Isotypus: BM [​BM001040285^(JSTOR)]).
    • Note: annotated by Bremekamp as type Pavetta brownii var. pubescens and by Brown as "Pavetta mollis"; vide Reynolds (1993: 37).
  • Type locality: Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria.

Misapplied names

• Ixora tomentosa auct. non (Roxb. ex Sm.) Roxb. [≡ Pavetta tomentosa Roxb. ex Sm.]: Benth., Fl. Austral. 3: 414 (1867); Ewart & O.B.Davies, Fl. N. Territory: 258 (1917)
  • Note: vide Reynolds (1993: 35).
• Pavetta tomentosa auct. non Roxb. ex Sm.: F.Muell., Fragm. 9: 182 (1875); F.M.Bailey, Comprehensive Cat. Qd Pl.: 245 (1909)
  • Note: vide Reynolds (1993: 35).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1934. A monograph of the genus Pavetta L. Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis 37: 1–208. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bentham, G. & Mueller, F.J.H. v. 1867. Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Volume 3. Myrtaceae to Compositae. 704 pp., London, L. Reeve & co. BHL Reference page. 
• Mueller, F.v. 1875. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 9. 216 pp. J. Ferres, Melbourne. BHL Reference page. 
• Bailey, F.M. 1909. Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants, both indigenous and naturalised. To which are added, where known, the aboriginal and other vernacular names; with numerous illustrations, and copious notes on the properties, features, &c., of the plants. 879 pp, A.J. Cumming, Govt. Printer, published under the authority of the Queensland government. BHL Reference page. 
• Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. 1917. The Flora of the Northern Territory. Melbourne, McCarron, Bird & Co. BHL Reference page. 
• Reynolds, S.T. 1993. The genus Pavetta L. (Rubiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 4(1): 21–49. JSTOR . BHL. Reference page. 
• Sennikov, A.N. 1996. [The type specimens of the family Rubiaceae kept in the herbarium of Komarov Botanical Institute (Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg). Subfamily Ixoroideae]. (in Russian) Botanicheskii Zhurnal 81(9): 37–49. PDF. Reference page.  [see page 43.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta brownii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta brownii. Published online. Accessed: 16 April 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta brownii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 April 2022.