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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Pavetteae
Genus: Pavetta
Species: Pavetta natalensis

Name

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).
• Type locality: [South Africa.] "Port Natal".
  • Note: for discussion about the type locality, vide Bremekamp (1929: 201).

Synonyms

• 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 (PRE [​PRE0149318-0], selected by Bremekamp 1934: 165).
      • Syntypus: J.M. Wood 5868[388] (NH [​NH0005868-0]).
    • Type locality: South Africa. Zululand[KwaZulu-Natal]:
      • Lectotypus: Eshowe Forest.
      • Syntypus: Inanda.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. 

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. 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: 1–208. 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. 

Links

• 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. 
• 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.