Pavetta travancorica

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 travancorica

Name

Pavetta travancorica Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 81 (1934)

• Typus: R. Wight s.n. (Kew Distrib. No. 1485) ([June 1835]; holotypus: K [cf. K000031457^(JSTOR), 'unknown type material']).
• Type locality: India. Travancore.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pavetta concanica Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 81 (1934); reduced to P. travancorica by Deb & Rout (1993: 349)
    • Typus: J.S. Law s.n. (holotypus: K [cf. K000031459^(JSTOR), 'unknown type material']).
    • Type locality: India. Concan[Konkan].
  • Pavetta laeta Bremek., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 82 (1934); reduced to P. travancorica by Deb & Rout (1993: 349)
    • Typus: R.A. Saulière 673 ([received 1914]; holotypus: K [cf. K000031460^(JSTOR), 'unknown type material']).
    • Type locality: India. Madras[Tamil Nadu]: Pulneys[Pulney hill].

Notes

Rout & Deb (1999: 161-162) also reduced Pavetta bourdillonii Sivad. & N.Mohanan, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. (Taipei) 40(1): 61 (1999) [Typus: Mohanan TBG & RI 12442 (collected in Attayar, Agasthyamala Hills, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala State, India, 27 June 1994; holotypus: K; isotypi: CAL, MH, TBGT)] to P. travancorica, but Kumar & Mohanan (2015) attempt to reinstate the former name.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary 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. 

Additional references

• Deb, D.B. & Rout, R.C. 1992[1993]. On the taxonomic status of certain species of Pavetta (Rubiaceae) from the Indian Subcontinent. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 89(3): 348–352. BHL Reference page. 
• Sivadasan, M. & Mohanan, N. 1999. Pavetta bourdillonii (Rubiaceae), a new species from India. Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica 40(1): 61–63. PDF ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Rout, R.C. & Deb, D.B. 1999. Taxonomic revision of the genus Pavetta (Rubiaceae) in Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 41(1–4): 1–182. DOI: 10.20324/nelumbo/v41/1999/74261 . Reference page. 
• Kumar, E.S.S. & Mohanan, N. 2015. Taxonomic status of Pavetta bourdillonii (Rubiaceae). Taprobanica 7(2): 96–97. PDF ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta travancorica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 8. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta travancorica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta travancorica. Published online. Accessed: 8 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta travancorica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 May 2022.