Pavetta hookeriana

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. Baconia
Species: Pavetta hookeriana
Varietates: P. h. var. hookeriana – P. h. var. pubinervata

Name

Pavetta hookeriana Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 176 (1877); as 'P. Hookeriana'

• Type: G. Mann [2166] ([December 1862], in flower [and fruit]; holotype: K [​K000411871^(JSTOR)]; 'Type': GH 00094952^(JSTOR); cf. K000411869^(JSTOR)).
• Type locality: Cameroon Mountains, alt. 7000 feet [ca. 2100 m].

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Baconia montana Hook.f., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 196 (1864)
    • Note: there exists a blocking name Pavetta montana Reinw. ex Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 16: 952 (October 1826 – November 1827)
• Homotypic
  • Ixora hookeriana (Hiern) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 287 (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Nigeria [​fide PWO] West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D. 1864. On the Plants of the Temperate Regions of the Cameroons Mountains and Islands in the Bight of Benin ; collected by Mr. Gustav Mann, Government Botanist. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany 7: 171–240. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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 page 116]

Links

• IUCN: Pavetta hookeriana Hiern (Vulnerable) - Assesed by R. Lovell & M. Cheek on 1 July 2020 and published in 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta hookeriana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 15. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta hookeriana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta hookeriana. Published online. Accessed: 15 April 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta hookeriana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 April 2022.