5007.000 Pavonia
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 Zimbabwe: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| burchellii (DC.) R.A.Dyer | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| clathrata Mast. | W,C | |
| columella Cav. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| dentata Burtt Davy | S | |
| leptocalyx (Sond.) Ulbr. | W,E,S | Description, Image |
| rogersii N.E.Br.[End][DD] | N,W | |
| senegalensis (Cav.) Leistner | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| urens Cav. | E | Description, Image |
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