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Genus: Pavetta

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales >  Family: Rubiaceae

About 400 species, found in the Old World tropics, with 24 species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Pavetta barbertonensis

 

Pavetta bowkeri

 

Pavetta capensis

 

Pavetta cataractarum

 

Pavetta catophylla

 

Pavetta cooperi

 

Pavetta edentula

 

Pavetta eylesii

 

Pavetta galpinii

 

Pavetta gardeniifolia (Common bride's bush)

 

Pavetta gerstneri (Zulu bride's bush)

 

Pavetta gracilifolia

 

Pavetta harborii

 

Pavetta inandensis

 

Pavetta kotzei

 

Pavetta lanceolata (Forest Bride's Bush, Weeping bride's bush)

Pavetta lanceolata

Pavetta lasiopeplus

 

Pavetta natalensis (Natal bride's bush)

 

Pavetta revoluta (Dune bride's bush)

 

Pavetta schumanniana

 

Pavetta trichardtensis

 

Pavetta tshikondeni

 

Pavetta vanwykiana

 

Pavetta zeyheri

 

Publications

  • Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1934. A monograph of the genus Pavetta L. Feddes Repertorium 37: 1-208.

  • Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 2): 415-747.

 

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