Pavetta cataractarum

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 cataractarum

Name

Pavetta cataractarum S.Moore, J. Bot. 57: 89 (1919)

• Typus:
  • Lectotypus: F.A. Rogers 5553 ([10 February 1912]; BM [selected by Bremekamp 1934; cf. BM000903444^(JSTOR), 'Type']; ⧼Isolectotypi⧽: K [​K000412031^(JSTOR)], PRE [​PRE0594751-0^(JSTOR)], Z-000021940).
  • Syntypus: Allen 94 (K).
• Type locality: Rhodesia[ZIMBABWE]. Victoria Falls.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pavetta conflatiflora S.Moore, J. Bot. 57: 90 (1919); not accepted by Bremekamp (1934), Bridson (1978) [cited as Pavetta cataractarum]
    • Typus: F.A. Rogers 13535 ([Comm. 1918]; BM [​BM000903445^(JSTOR)]; Z-000021945).
    • Type locality: Rhodesia[ZAMBIA]. Livingstone.
  • Pavetta cataractarum var. hirtiflora Bremek., Kew Bull. 8(4): 501 (1953 publ. 1954); reduced to P. cataractarum by Bridson (1978)
    • Typus: J.A. Whellan 332 (17 December 1947; Holotypus: SRGH [18473]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: K [​K000412030^(JSTOR)], SRGH [​SRGH0038379-0], U.1575175).
    • Type locality: Southern Rhodesia[ZIMBABWE]. Chirindu, on the bank of the Zambesi.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre East Tropical Africa Tanzania South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Southern Africa Botswana, Caprivi Strip References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Moore, S. Le M. 1919. Alabastra Diversa.―Part XXX. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 57: 86–91. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1934. A monograph of the genus Pavetta L. Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis 37(1–13): 1–208. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.  [see page 158.]
• 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 pages 622–623.]
• Bridson, D. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Rubiaceae (Part 2). In Polhill, R.M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa, pp. 415–747. ISBN 90-6191-337-3 Google Books [reprint 2019 by CRC Press]. Reference page.  [see page 647.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta cataractarum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 9. Reference page.