Pavetta gracilifolia

Pavetta gracilifolia

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 gracilifolia

Name

Pavetta gracilifolia Bremek., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 13: 203 (1929)

• Typus: J.M. Wood 340 a ([April 1883]; Holotypus: NH [​NH0001585-0^(JSTOR)]; Isotypus: K [​K000412391^(JSTOR); 'holotype': NH [​NH0006919-0]).
• Type locality: South Africa. [KwaZulu-Natal:] Umlaas Drift.

Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Homotypic
  • Pavetta gracilifolia var. pubescens Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 162 (1934), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Pavetta breyeri Bremek., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 13: 203 (1929); as "P. Breyeri"; reduced to P. gracilifolia by Kok & Grobbelaar (1984: 186)
    • Typus:
      • Lectotypus: H.G. Breijer TRV 17716 ([December 1917]; PRE [selected for P. breyeri var. pubescens by Bremekamp 1934: 162; PRE0147981-0^(JSTOR)])
      • ⧼Syntypi⧽: H.G. Breijer TRV 18005 ([February 1918]; PRE [​PRE0147982-0^(JSTOR)]), F.A. Rogers TRV 20712 ([December 1919]; PRE [​PRE0147983-0^(JSTOR)]), G. Thorncroft 2043 ([December 1923]; PRE [​PRE0147984-0^(JSTOR)]) et Maputaland Expedition TRV 14417 (PRE).
        • Note: all of these types except for Breyer 18005 were later cited in the protologue of P. breyeri var. pubescens.
    • Type locality:
      • Lectotypus et 18005: South Africa. [Mpumalanga:] Nelspruit[​Mbombela].
      • Rogers: White River.
      • Thorncroft: Louws Creek.
      • Maputaland Expedition: [Mozambique.] Maputaland.
  • Pavetta delagoensis Bremek., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 13: 201 (1929); reduced to P. gracilifolia by Kok & Grobbelaar (1984: 186)
    • Typus: J. Borle 62 ([23 November 1919]; Holotypus: PRE [​PRE0594405-0^(JSTOR)]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: K [​K000412019^(JSTOR) [collected on 23 November 1919], NBG [​NBG0023076-0] [collected on 2 March 1919]).
    • Type locality: [Mozambique.] Lourenço Marques.
  • Pavetta woodii Bremek., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 13: 203 (1929); as "P. Woodii"; reduced to P. gracilifolia by Kok & Grobbelaar (1984: 186)
    • Typus: J.M. Wood 8855 (Lectotypus: PRE [selected by Bremekamp 1934: 163]; Isolectotypus: NH [cf. NH0009273-0, 'holotype', under number '8853', collected on 16 January 1903]).
    • Type locality: South Africa. [KwaZulu-]Natal: Nonoti.
  • Pavetta breyeri var. glabra Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni 37: 162 (1934); reduced to P. gracilifolia by Kok & Grobbelaar (1984: 186)
    • Typus: Rudatis 1204 (holotypus: K, pro parte).
    • Type locality: Africa Australi[South Africa]. [KwaZulu-]Natal: Alexandra.
  • Pavetta breyeri var. pubescens Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 162 (1934), not validly publ.
    • Typus vide P. breyeri.
  • Pavetta divaricata Bremek., Kew Bull. 8(4): 503 (1953 publ. 1954)
    • Typus: R.M. Hornby 2576 (30 January 1947; Holotypus: K [cf. K000412018^(JSTOR), 'unknown type material', determined as P. gracilifolia by D. Bridson in April 1993]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: BM [​BM000903422^(JSTOR)], PRE [​PRE0594744-0^(JSTOR)], SRGH [​SRGH0106672-0]).
    • Type locality: Portuguese East Africa[Mozambique]. Lourenço Marques District: Maputo, in thicket bordering riverine fringing forest.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Tanzania South Tropical Africa Mozambique Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1929. A revision of the South African species of Pavetta. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13(3): 182–213. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_672 Reference page. 

Additional 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. 
• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1953[1954]. Some new species of Pavetta L. from Tropical and South Africa: II. Kew Bulletin 8(4): 501–505. DOI: 10.2307/4117359 Reference page. 
• Bridson, D.M. 1978. Studies in Pavetta (Rubiaceae subfam. Cinchonoideae) for part 2 of 'Flora of Tropical East Africa: Rubiaceae'. Kew Bulletin 32(3): 609–652. DOI: 10.2307/4109670 Reference page.  [see page 649.]
• Kok, P.D.F. & Grobbelaar, N. 1984. Studies on Pavetta (Rubiaceae) II. Enumeration of species and synonymy. South African Journal of Botany 3(3): 185–187. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4618(16)30046-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta gracilifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 22. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta gracilifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta gracilifolia. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta gracilifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2022.