Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta indica L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 110 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Is., Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pandey, R.P. (2009). Floristic diversity of Ferrargunj forest area in South Andaman. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 747-768.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Choudhary, R.K., Srivastava, R.C., Das, A.K. & Lee, J. (2012). Floristic diversity assessment and vegetation analysis of Upper Siang district of eastern Himalaya in North East India. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 42: 222-246.
  • Pandey, R.P. (2009). Floristic diversity of Ferrargunj forest area in South Andaman. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 747-768.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Sinha, B.K. (1999). Flora of Great Nicobar Island: 1-525. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 20, 1991 Tek, M.L.; Parkinson, C.E. [1379] BU K000031504 Type Yes
Wight, R. [1483] India K000031490 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6175] K001123229 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6175] K001123234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6175] Burma K001123236 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6175] India K001123232 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6175] K001123225 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6175] K001123230 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6175] India K001123231 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6175] K001123226 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6175] K001123233 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6175] K001123224 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 6175] K001123228 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 6175] Bangladesh K001123227 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6175] Burma K001123235 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 28, 1990 Wight, R. [s.n.] India Pavetta indica var. indica K000031471 Type Yes
Thomson, G. [s.n.] India Pavetta thomsonii K000031475 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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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 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images