Pavetta edentula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Pavetta edentula Sond., Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 3: 20 (1865)

Type: W.T. Gerrard & M.J. McKen 1353 (March; Holotype: TCD [cf. TCD0002961^(JSTOR)]; Isotype: K [K000412381^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
Type locality: [South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal:] Port Natal [= Durban], near Ingoma.

Homotypic
- Ixora edentula (Sond.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 286 (1891)
Heterotypic
- Pavetta disarticulata Galpin, Bull. Misc. Inform Kew 1895(102–103): 145 (1895); reduced to P. edentula by Bremekamp (1934: 169)
  - Syntypes:
    - Galpin 406 ([November 1889]; K [K000412382^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]);
    - J.M. Wood 3954a (cf. BOL [BOL138627^(JSTOR), 'Type' without collector number]).
  - Type locality: [South Africa.]
    - Galpin: Transvaal [= Mpumalanga]: Barberton, amongst scrub and rocks on the slopes and granite ridges surrounding the town; also Kaap river valley and French Bobs Hill, alt. 1800–2900 ft.
    - Wood: Zululand [= KwaZulu-Natal]: Indulindi, on the side of a stony hill, alt. about 1000 feet.

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

Harvey, W.H. & Sonder, O.W. 1864–1865. Flora Capensis; being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal. Volume III. Rubiaceae to Campanulaceae. ix + 633 pp. Hodges, Smith & Co., Dublin; I.C. Juta, Capetown.BHL Reference page.

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.
da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. 2004. A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET) Report 30: 1–184. PDF. Reference page. [see page 103]
Galpin, E.E. 1895. Diagnoses Africanæ, VI. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1895(102–103): 145. BHL
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.
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.
Retief, E. 2003. Rubiaceae. In: Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.), Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 825–841. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. [see page 836]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Pavetta edentula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta edentula. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2022.
IUCN: Pavetta edentula Sond. (Least Concern) - Assessed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group on 12 June 2018 and published in 2019.
Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta edentula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2022.

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