Pavetta zeyheri Sond.

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 3: 21 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Botswana to N. Free State. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Glabrous shrub or small tree 1–3.1 m tall; young twigs slender, covered with fawn or light grey bark; older branches covered with mid to dark grey or occasionally reddish-brown bark.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves clustered on short slender lateral branches, very occasionally on cushion shoots or spaced along young twigs, sessile; blades 2–4.5 × 0.4–0.9 cm, oblanceolate or linear-lanceolate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, very narrowly cuneate at the base; lateral nerves in c. 3 faint main pairs; domatia absent; bacterial nodules few to abundant, dot-like or more often elliptical, scattered; stipules on young twigs 1.5–2 mm long, truncate-triangular, acuminate-apiculate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence-supporting branches 0.3–3.5 cm long, c. 1 mm wide, leafless, or sometimes bearing short lateral spurs. Inflorescences subumbellate, 0.7–3.2 cm wide (excluding corollas); primary inflorescence branches mostly apparent, 1–3(6) mm long; pedicels 3–10 mm long; bracts 1.5–2 mm long, lacking dense silky hairs inside; bracteoles present but inconspicuous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tube c. 1 mm long; limb-tube 0.5–0.9 mm long; lobes 0.5–1.5(2) mm long, shortly to narrowly triangular, never spreading.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white or sometimes said to be yellow, glabrous outside; tube 5–11 mm long, c. 1 mm wide at the top; not bearded at the throat; lobes 5–8 × 1.6–3 mm, oblong ovate or sometimes narrowly so, obtuse to acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit black, 7–8 mm in diameter, crowned by calyx limb.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 5 mm across, hemispherical with circular excavation.
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Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2023. 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 2023. 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