Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta pumila N.E.Br.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 106 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172317545/172352671

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Small glabrous, single- stemmed suffrutescent shrub to c. 20 cm tall from a woody rhizome, or subshrub 0.5–1 m tall.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf blades 5–8.5 × 2.5–3.5 cm, elliptic or ovate, obtuse to acute or shortly acuminate or subacuminate at the apex, narrowly cuneate at the base; lateral nerves in 5–6 main pairs; tertiary nerves raised and finely reticulate beneath; domatia absent; bacterial nodules dot- like or elliptic, few scattered; petioles up to 5 mm long; stipule limbs 2–3 mm long, subtruncate with an arista c. 2 mm long, chaffy, drying pale.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence terminal on leafy stems, subumbellate or laxly corymbose, 2–3 cm across (excluding corollas), sometimes with additional elements subtended by subterminal pair of leaves; primary inflorescence branches reduced or up to 0.5 cm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tube drying blackish, 1 mm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; limb-tube c. 0.5 mm long; lobes drying light green, 5.5–7 mm long, 0.8–1 mm wide at base, linear-lanceolate or linear, gradually tapering, ciliate or not.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white; tube 1.5–1.6 cm long, sparsely pubescent inside; lobes 5.5–6 × 2 mm, elliptic, acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit not known.
[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/

  • 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