5007.000 Pavonia Cav.

Description of the genus

Annual, biennial or perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves often cordate at base. Flowers solitary, occasionally in terminal racemes or spikes. Epicalyx of 5-16 bracts. Calyx of 5 lobes. Style branches usually 10, always more than 5. Fruit of 5 indehiscent 1-seeded mericarps. Seeds reniform.

Derivation of name: Named after José Antonia Pavon (1754-1840), Spanish botanist and traveller.

Worldwide: 150 species from tropical and warm zones

Pavonia columella

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
clathrata Mast.W,C
columella Cav.N,C,E,SDescription, Image
dentata Burtt DavyS
leptocalyx (Sond.) Ulbr.W,E,S
procumbens (Walk. & Arn.) Walp.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
rogersii N.E.Br.[End][DD]N,W
senegalensis (Cav.) LeistnerN,W,C,SDescription, Image
urens Cav.EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Pavonia:

Flora of Mozambique: Pavonia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pavonia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pavonia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pavonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pavonia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pavonia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Pavonia.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=941, retrieved 20 May 2013

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