Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta harborii S.Moore

First published in J. Bot. 57: 89 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Namibia to Mozambique. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Rubiaceae, D.M.Bridson & B.Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 5:3. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Rhizomatous suffrutex, up to 0.5 m tall; stems twiggy, pubescent when young, later covered with greyish-buff bark.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves clustered at apices or spread along new stems, not always fully mature at time of flowering, subsessile; blades 3.3–6.2 × 0.8–1.5 cm, oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, obtuse to rounded at the apex, cuneate to narrowly cuneate at the base, pubescent above, densely silvery pubescent to tomentose beneath; lateral nerves in 5–7 main pairs; domatia absent; bacterial nodules dot-like, scattered, few or many; stipules 2–3 mm long, triangular acuminate, pubescent outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers scented.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences compact when young but becoming laxer with age, 0.8–1.2 cm across (excluding corollas); primary inflorescence branches 1.5–3 mm long; secondary and sometimes tertiary branches clearly present; pedicels up to 4 mm long, pubescent; bracts ± ovate, up to 2 mm long, pubescent outside, caducous. Inflorescence-supporting branches abbreviated, 2–5(7) cm long, leafless.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx densely pubescent; tube c. 0.5 mm long; limb-tube c. 0.5 mm long, scarcely wider than the tube; lobes shortly triangular to triangular, 0.2–0.5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla tube 4.5–5 mm long, glabrous outside, not bearded at the throat; lobes 4.5–5 × c. 1 mm, oblong, obtuse or rounded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit drying black, 5–6 mm across, crowned by persistent calyx limb; pedicels lengthening to 7 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 5 mm across, greyish-fawn.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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/

  • 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