Pavetta owariensis

Pavetta owariensis

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. Baconia
Species: Pavetta owariensis
Varietates: P. o. var. glaucescens – P. o. var. opaca – P. o. var. owariensis – P. o. var. satabiei

Name

Pavetta owariensis P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: 87, t. 52 (1806)

• Type: A.M.F. Palisot de Beauvois s.n. (in flower; Holotype: P [​P00300335^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotypes: G [​G00014628 (83645/1)^(JSTOR)], G-DC [​G00666759 (83645/2)], P [​P00300336^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
• Type locality: [Nigeria.] Royaume d'Oware, dans l'intérieur des terres, entre la ville d'Oware et Buonopozo.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ixora owariensis (P.Beauv.) Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 3: 207 (1813)

Misapplied names

• Pavetta staudtii auct. non Hutch. & Dalziel: Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 77 (1934), pro parte, quoad Thomas 2760 (K), Thomas 3419 (K; cf. K000411888^(JSTOR) ['3439', collected in Bumbuna on 14 October 1914 ; formerly one of the syntypes of P. smythei Hutch. & Dalziel; examined by both Bremekamp and Keay]) et N.W. Thomas 5514 (K [collected in Ronietta in November, formerly one of the syntypes of P. smythei]), all fruiting branches and collected in Sierra Leone
  • Note: vide Hepper & Keay (1963).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaïre. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1805–1806. Flore d'Oware et de Bénin, en Afrique. Tome Premier. 100 pp. LX pl. Paris: Fain Jeune. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lamarck, J.-B. & Poiret, J.L.M. 1813–1814. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Supplément. 3: 1–368 (1813); 369–780 (1814). H. Agasse, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital 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. 
• Hepper, F.N. & Keay, R.W.J. 1963. Rubiaceae. In: Hepper, F.N. (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations, pp. 104–223. Reference page.  [see this entry]
• Manning, S.D. 1996. Revision of Pavetta subgenus Baconia (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae) in Cameroon. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 83(1): 87–150. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 134–137]

Links

• IUCN: Pavetta owariensis P.Beauv. (Least Concern) - Assessed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group on 12 June 2018 and published in 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta owariensis 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 owariensis. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta owariensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2022.

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