Pavetta wightii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Pavetta wightii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3(7): 152 (1880); as 'P. Wightii'

Type: R. Wight [1480] ([January 1848]; Lectotype: K [K000031470^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isolectotypes: HBG [HBG521299^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], LE {00017464^(JSTOR) ['but description and sheet do not fully agree'], 00017465^(JSTOR) ['but characters do not exactly agree with original description']}, M {M-0198300 / 622049 / 279633^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, M-0198430 / 622164 / 279748^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}).
- Note: Hooker did not indicate the collection number; it was presented by Bremekamp (1934).
Type locality: [India. Tamil Nadu:] Nilgherry Hills[Nilgiri hills].

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

Hooker, J.D., assisted by various botanists, 1880–1882. The Flora of British India Vol. 3. Caprifoliaceae to Apocynaceae. 712 pp. London: L. Reeve. 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. [see page 93]
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. [see pages 167–170]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pavetta wightii. Accessed: 2023 December 2.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pavetta wightii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 2. Reference page.