Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta abyssinica Fresen.

First published in Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 166 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Tanzania. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 145 (1936).
  • Bremek. in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 37: 144 (1934) pro parte maxima.
  • Bridson in Kew Bulletin 32: 633 (1978).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 455, fig. 86 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 457 (1952).
  • Fresen. in Mus. Senck. 2: 166 (1837).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 173 (1877).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 511 (1949).
  • K. Schum in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 388 (1895).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1985 Borhidi, A.; Iversen, S.T.; Sebsebe, D.; Hedren, M. [841036] Tanzania K000287331 No
May 1, 1985 Iversen, S.T. [85677] Tanzania K000287332 No
Batty, M. [957] Tanzania K000287330 No
Procter, J.E.A. [176] Tanzania K000287333 No
Volkens, G. [2007] Tanzania K000728927 Type Yes
Schimper, G.H.W. [353] Ethiopia K000728905 Type Yes
Schimper, G.H.W. [353] Ethiopia K000728906 Type Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [8814] Kenya K:SPC-00897.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0