Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta dolichantha Bremek.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 175 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Tanzania. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Shrub, 1–2 m. tall; young branches tomentose, older branches with buff to grey flaking bark.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves confined to apices of main stems and short branches off the main stems; blades oblanceolate to obovate, 2.2–6 cm. long, 1.2–3.2 cm. wide, apex obtuse, rounded or emarginate often with a short callous at tip, base cuneate, scabrid-pubescent above, softly pubescent to tomentose beneath; bacterial nodules, small, dot-shaped, few to many, scattered; petiole 2–4 mm. long, tomentose; stipule-limbs truncate or triangular, usually very shortly mucronulate, 1.5–5 mm. long, tomentose outside, with silky hairs within.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Corymbs terminal on short leafless branches 0.9–6.7 cm. long, few-flowered, compact, 1–1.8 cm. across; primary inflorescence-branches 0–5 mm. long; secondary branches present or suppressed; pedicels 2–5 mm. long, tomentose; bracts 3 mm. long, tomentose outside, with long silky hairs inside; bracteoles pale, inconspicuous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tomentose; tube 1–1.5 mm. long; limb-tube 0.5–1 mm. long; lobes triangular 0.75–2 mm. long, 0.75–1 mm. wide at base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla-tube 1.2–3.1 cm. long, 1.25–1.5 mm. wide at top, glabrous or pubescent outside, with sparse silky hairs within; lobes narrowly ovate to ovate, 3–4.5 mm. long, 2–2.25 mm. wide, rounded or apiculate, often drying blackish with pale margins or with just the venation blackened.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit black, ± 5–7 mm. in diameter, glabrescent to pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Mature seeds not known.
Habitat
Bushland and forest edges; 760–1675 m.
Distribution
K1 K3 K6 K7 T2 T5 not known elsewhere
[FTEA]

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
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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/

  • 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