Pavetta wightii

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 wightii

Name

Pavetta wightii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3(7): 152 (1880); as 'P. Wightii'

• Type: R. Wight [1480] ([January 1848]; Lectotype: K [​K000031470^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isolectotypes: HBG [​HBG521299^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], LE {00017464^(JSTOR) ['but description and sheet do not fully agree'], 00017465^(JSTOR) ['but characters do not exactly agree with original description']}, M {M-0198300 / 622049 / 279633^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, M-0198430 / 622164 / 279748^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}).
  • Note: Hooker did not indicate the collection number; it was presented by Bremekamp (1934).
• Type locality: [India. Tamil Nadu:] Nilgherry Hills[Nilgiri hills].

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ixora wightii (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 287 (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India (Tamil Nadu). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D., assisted by various botanists, 1880–1882. The Flora of British India Vol. 3. Caprifoliaceae to Apocynaceae. 712 pp. London: L. Reeve. 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.  [see page 93]
• Rout, R.C. & Deb, D.B. 1999. Taxonomic revision of the genus Pavetta (Rubiaceae) in Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 41(1–4): 1–182. DOI: 10.20324/nelumbo%2Fv41%2F1999%2F74261 [nonfunctional] PDF Reference page.  [see pages 167–170]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pavetta wightii. Accessed: 2023 December 2.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pavetta wightii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 2. Reference page.