Pavetta olivaceonigra

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 olivaceonigra

Name

Pavetta olivaceonigra K.Schum. ex Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 51 (1894); et K.Schum., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 388 (1895); as "Pavetta olivaceo-nigra"

• ⧼Syntypi⧽: C. Holst 2574 ([March 1893]; B [destroyed]; ⧼Isosyntypi⧽: COI, HBG [​HBG521305]^(JSTOR), K [​K000286946^(JSTOR)]) et C. Holst 9164 ([1891–1893]; B).
  • Note: Engler (1894) presented the following locality: 'bei Kwa Mshusa noch um 1500^m'; Bremekamp (1934) and Bridson (1978) treat only the 2574 as type.
• Type locality: [TANZANIA. Usagara-Usambara: in the scrub of mountain range about 1500 m]
  • 2574: Heboma.
  • 9164: in Mshusas Dorf.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pavetta corethrogyne Bremek., Kew Bull. 3(3): 350 (1948 publ. 1949); reduced to P. olivaceonigra by Bridson (1978)
    • Typus: A. Zimmermann in EA 1771 (February 1908; Holotypus: EA [​EA000001679]).
    • Type locality: Tanganyika Territory[TANZANIA]. [Lushoto District:] Eastern Usambaras, Mtai.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Engler, A. 1894. Über die Gliederung der Vegetation von Usambara und der angrenzenden Gebiete. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalisch-mathematische Classe, Physikalische Abhandlungen 1894(1): 1–86. BHL Reference page. 
• Engler, A. (ed.) 1895. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Theil C: Verzeichniss der bis jetzt aus Ost-Afrika bekannt gewordenen Pflanzen. III+433+40 pp., 45 tt. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. BHL 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.  [see page 146.]
• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1948[1949]. Some new species of Pavetta L. from Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 3(3): 350–357. DOI: 10.2307/4108839 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 614.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta olivaceonigra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta olivaceo-nigra. Published online. Accessed: 20 July 2022.