Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta axillipara Bremek.

First published in Kew Bull. 11: 171 (1956)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania (Nguru Mountains). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976

Morphology General Habit
Small tree; young branches glabrous or puberulous; older branches with corky bark.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades oblong to obovate, 16.5–30 cm. long, 5–12 cm. wide, apex acuminate, base acute, papery, often with the tertiary nerves turning blue-black on drying, glabrous above, glabrous or with a puberulous midrib beneath; bacterial nodules dot-shaped or linear, along nerves and a few scattered; petioles 1.5–3 cm. long, glabrous or puberulous; stipule-limbs subtruncate to triangular, 0.2–2 cm. long, apex acute or subulate, often corky around the margin, puberulous or glabrous outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Corymbs terminal on very short lateral branches 0.5–1.3 cm. long, bearing 1 pair of immature leaves, compact, 2 cm. across; primary inflorescence-branches up to 4 mm. long; secondary inflorescence branches present; pedicels up to 3 mm. long, glabrous; bracts brown, ± 3 mm. long, papery; bracteoles brown, papery, small.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous; tube 1–1.5 mm. long; limb-tube 1–1.5 mm. long; lobes narrowly triangular, 2–3 mm. long, ± 0.75 mm. wide at base, acute or attenuate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla-tube 1.4–1.7 cm. long, 2 mm. wide at top, glabrous outside, not bearded at throat; lobes lanceolate-oblong, 7–8.5 mm. long, 2–2.5 mm. wide, apiculate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit not known.
Habitat
Below bamboo forest; 1200 m.
Distribution
only known from Nguru Mts. T6
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32278/9692768

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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