Pavetta oliveriana

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 oliveriana
Varietates: P. o. var. denudata – P. o. var. oliveriana

Name

Pavetta oliveriana Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 174 (1877); as 'P. Oliveriana'

• Typus: J.H. Speke & J.A. Grant [160] (December 1861; Lectotypus: K [​K000728923^(JSTOR), 'unknown type material']).
  • Note: the collection number did not appear in the protologue and was presented by Bremekamp (1934: 147).
• Type locality: Nile Land[Tanzania]. [Bukoba District:] Karagué[Karagwe], by water.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ixora oliveriana (Hiern) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 287 (1891)
• Pavetta sp. sensu Thomson, J. Discov. Source Nile [Speke], App.: 636 (1863)
• Pavetta sp. sensu Bremek. in Pic.Serm., Miss. stud. Lago Tana 7, Ricerche Bot., Pt. 1: 148 (1951)
  • Note: vide Bridson (1978).

Misapplied names

• Ixora abyssinica (Fresen.) Oliv. [≡ Pavetta abyssinica Fresen.] var. innominata sensu Oliv., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29(2): 87 (1873)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Oliver, D. 1877. Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. 3. Umbeliferae to Ebenaceae. 544 pp. London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Oliver, D. 1873–1875. Dicotyledones. The Botany of the Speeke and Grant expedition. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 29(1): 25–69 (BHL), (2): 70–103 (BHL), (3): 104–151 (BHL). 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. 
• 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. 
• 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 616–617.]
• Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. 762 p. Online. ISBN 9966-9861-0-3. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta oliveriana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 31. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta oliveriana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta oliveriana. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta oliveriana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2022.