Pavetta schumanniana

Pavetta schumanniana

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 schumanniana

Name

Pavetta schumanniana F.Hoffm. ex K.Schum., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 389 (1895), as 'P. Schumanniana'

• Types:
  • Lectotype: C.M.G. Buchanan 734 ([1891]; K [​K000412006^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, fide Bridson & Verdcourt 1988: 672]).
  • Syntypes:
    • A. Fischer 301 (collected in 1886);
    • Boehm 134a (collected in 1880–1884);
    • Buchanan 198;
    • J. Buchanan 589 ([anno 1891]; K [fide Bremekamp 1934: 171], LE 00017457^(JSTOR)).
• Type locality: Steppe und zwischen Feldern.
  • Buchanan: 18 [= Njassaland, i.e. MALAWI or TANZANIA].
  • Fischer: 16 [= Massaihochland]. [TANZANIA, Shinyanga District:] Usula bis Usiha.
  • Boehm: 17 [= 'Seengebiet'], Gonda.
    • Note: for abbreviations, see Engler (1895: 5).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaïre. East Tropical Africa Tanzania. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Mpumalanga, Northern Province). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Notes

The following 2 names were placed under P. schumanniana by Bremekamp (1934: 171–172), but later reinstated by Bridson (2001: 598–599) and Figueiredo (2008):

• Pavetta arenicola K.Schum., Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg]: 391 (1903)
• Pavetta stipulopallium K.Schum., Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg]: 392 (1903)

The following species (especially populations from KwaZulu-Natal) had been misidentified several times as P. schumanniana until the first description:

• Pavetta vanwykiana Bridson, Kew Bull. 56(3): 596 (2001)

References

Primary references

• 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(1–13): 1–208. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Bridson, D. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Rubiaceae (Part 2). In Polhill, R.M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa, pp. 415–747. ISBN 90-6191-337-3 Google Books [reprint 2019 by CRC Press]. Reference page. 
• Bridson, D.M. 2001. Additional notes on Pavetta (Rubiaceae: Pavetteae) from Tropical Eastern and Southern Africa. Kew Bulletin 56(3): 567–600. DOI: 10.2307/4117685 Reference page. 
• Figueiredo, E. 2008. The Rubiaceae of Angola. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 156(4): 537–638. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00750.x 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]

Links

• Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, 2019. Pavetta schumanniana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T146201470A146201472.en.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pavetta schumanniana. Accessed: 2024 August 30.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta schumanniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta schumanniana. Published online. Accessed: 1 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta schumanniana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 May 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pavetta schumanniana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 1 May 2022.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Gousiekteboom
English: Poison Bride's Bush
chiShona: Karuvhunuti
SiSwati: (u)Sawoti
Tshivenda: Tshituku
isiZulu: isiMbuzana

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