Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta oliveriana Hiern

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 174 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Burundi and Tanzania. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 146 (1936).
  • Bremek. in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 37: 147 (1934).
  • Bridson & Troupin in Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 578 (1983).
  • Bridson in Kew Bulletin 32: 616 (1978).
  • Bridson, Troupin & Verdc. in Fl. Rwanda 3: 192 (1985).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 460 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 457 (1952).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 174 (1877).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 511 (1949).
  • K. Schum. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 388 (1895).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert: 359 (1947).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Speke, J.H.; Grant, J.A. [160] Tanzania K000728923 Type Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [472] Uganda K:SPC-12207.000 No
Lebrun, J-P.A. [5059] Congo, Republic of the K000728899 Type Yes

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/

  • 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