Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta redheadii Bremek.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 47: 18 (1939)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Zambia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Evergreen shrub 2.5–3.6 m tall; young branches densely pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf blades 8–15 × 2–5 cm, lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, apex obtuse to acute or subacuminate, base acute to cuneate, subcoriaceous, moderately shiny above, with midrib usually drying cream in colour, prominent beneath, sparsely puberulous or glabrescent with midrib pubescent above, glabrescent, sparsely puberulous to puberulous, densely hairy on nerves beneath; lateral nerves in 8–11 main pairs; tertiary nerves obscure on both surfaces; domatia absent; bacterial nodules absent or linear, restricted to the midrib and lateral nerves; petiole 0.8–3 cm long, densely pubescent, stipule limbs 1.5–3 mm long, truncate, puberulous; arista 1–3 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Corymbs terminal on main and lateral leafy branches, moderately compact, up to 8.5 cm across (excluding corollas); primary inflorescence branches c. 2.5 cm long, densely pubescent; secondary and tertiary branches present; pedicels up to 3 mm long, densely pubescent; bracts c. 3 mm long, stipule-like; bracteoles inconspicuous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent; tube 1 mm long; limb-tube 0.8–1 mm long, c. 3 times wider than the tube; lobes 2.5 × 1.75 mm, oblong-semicircular, with midvein clearly apparent, sparsely pubescent inside, overlapping in bud.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla tube 7–8 mm long, c. 2 mm wide at the top, glabrous except for the densely bearded throat; lobes 8–8.5 × 2.5 mm, ovate-oblong, obtuse to rounded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Immature fruit sparsely hairy; calyx limb falling.
[FZ]

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 Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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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