Pavetta mollis

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 mollis Afzel. ex Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 174 (1877)

Typus:
- Lectotypus: Afzelius s.n. (B [fide Bremekamp 1934: 178, not traced by Hepper & Keay 1963], S-G-4598^(JSTOR)).
- Syntypus: Brass s.n.
Type locality: Upper Guinea.
- Lectotypus: SIERRA LEONE.
- Syntypus: [GHANA.] Cape Coast.

Homotypic
- Ixora mollis (Afzel. ex Hiern) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 287 (1891)
Heterotypic
- Pavetta apiculata Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 89, in clavi., 91 (1931); not accepted by Hepper & Keay (1963) [cited as Pavetta mollis]
  - Typus:
    - Lectotypus: Pobéguin 274 (July [1900]; K {K000411876^(JSTOR) & K000411877^(JSTOR), both determined as P. mollis by R.W.J. Keay on 14 May 1956} fide Bremekamp 1934: 139).
    - ⧼Syntypi⧽: Johnson 754 (May, [flower buds]; K) et Irvine 330 (April, [flower buds]; FHO).
  - Type locality:
    - Lectotypus: GUINEA. Kouroussa.
    - Johnson: Gold Coast[GHANA]. Okroase.
    - Irvine: Gold Coast[GHANA]. Achimota.

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Pavetta mollis R.Br. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 150 (1880), pro syn. [= Pavetta tomentosa var. tomentosa]

Oliver, D. 1877. Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. 3. Umbeliferae to Ebenaceae. 544 pp. London. 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: 1–208. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Hepper, F.N. & Keay, R.W.J. 1963. Rubiaceae. In: Hepper, F.N. (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations, pp. 104–223. Reference page. [see this entry.]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta mollis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pavetta mollis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pavetta mollis. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Pavetta mollis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2022.