Pavetta natalensis

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 natalensis Sond., Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 3: 19 (1865)

Typus: W.T. Gerrard & M.J. McKen s.n.[1351] (Holotypus: 'Herb. D.' [?= TCD]; Typi: K [fide Bremekamp 1934: 166], S-G-4599^{(GBIF, JSTOR}).
Type locality: [South Africa.] "Port Natal".
- Note: for discussion about the type locality, vide Bremekamp (1929: 201).

Homotypic
- Ixora natalensis (Sond.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 287 (1891)
Heterotypic
- Pavetta bowkeri var. glabra Bremek., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 13: 201 (1929); reduced to P. natalensis by Kok & Grobbelaar (1984: 186)
  - Typus: Blenkiron 16122 (Holotypus: J).
  - Type locality: South Africa. Pondoland[Eastern Cape]: Lusikisiki, Egossa Forest.
- Pavetta suluensis Bremek., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 13: 200 (1929); reduced to P. natalensis by Kok & Grobbelaar (1984: 186)
  - Typus:
    - Lectotypus: P.C. Kotzé 5436 ([December 1923]; PRE [PRE0149318-0^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Bremekamp 1934: 165]).
    - Syntypus: J.M. Wood 5868[388] (NH [NH0005868-0^{(GBIF, JSTOR}]).
  - Type locality: South Africa. Zululand[KwaZulu-Natal]:
    - Lectotypus: Eshowe Forest.
    - Syntypus: Inanda.

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape Province), KwaZulu-Natal. 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. 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.
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.
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 837]

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, 2022. Pavetta natalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T208457719A208457721.en.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pavetta natalensis. Accessed: 2024 August 27.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta natalensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta natalensis. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta natalensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2022.

Afrikaans: Kusbruidsbos
English: Coastal Brides-bush