Pavonia fruticosa (Miller) Fawcett & Rendle (1926: 130)

Tavares, Aline Belém & Alves, Marccus, 2024, Synopsis of Pavonia Cav. (Malvaceae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, Phytotaxa 645 (3), pp. 232-247 : 237

4. Pavonia fruticosa (Miller) Fawcett & Rendle (1926: 130) ( Figures 3 , 5j, 6i).

Sida fruticosa Mill. ( Miller 1768: 18) .

Holotype:—In cultivation, P. Miller s.n. 148 ( BM barcode BM000939062 ! [digital image])

Taxonomic notes: — Pavonia fruticosa is a shrub, that can be identified in the field by their by its pubescent branches, lanceolate leaves (5.8‒19 × 1.9‒9.2 cm), terminal flowers, six lanceolate bracteoles, connate epicalyx, and 3-aristate, mericarps.

Distribution, habitat, and IUCN threat status: —It occurs in Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil ( Fryxell 1999). Brazil is registered in the regions of North (Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia and Roraima), Northeast (Alagoas, Bahia, Maranhão, Paraíba, and Pernambuco) and Midwest (Goiás) (Flora e Funga do Brasil, 2020). Pernambuco is recorded in eight municipalities in the Mata Zone , Mata Úmida subzone. Occurs into the Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Mata do Toró, Parque Estadual Dois Irmãos, Refúgio Ecológico Charles Darwin, da Reserva Ecológica da Mata de Dois Irmãos, and Reserva Biológica Saltinho. This species presents larger EOO of 19,578,246.078 Km² and AOO of 2,312.000 Km². In addition, it occurs in several locations and no threats were observed. Therefore, is here considered Least Concern (LC).

Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting throughout year.

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Camaragibe, Aldeia, 7º54’20”S, 35º02’57”W, 31 May 2011, B.S. Amorim et al. 857 (UFP; JPB). Igarassu, Refúgio Ecológico Charles Darwin, 7º49’27”S, 34º56’55”W, June 1996, M.F.A. Lucena & W. Andrade 161 (UFP). Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Mata do Curado, 23 November 1996, D. Rafael s.n. (UFP 17605). Paudalho, Centro de Instrução Marechal Newton Cavalcanti, 06 October 2011, B.S. Amorim et al. 1111 (UFP). Recife, Curado, 03 February 1993, A.M. Miranda et al. s.n. (HST 17335). Recife, Jardim Botânico, October 1996, G.S. Baracho 467 (UFP). Rio Formoso, Mata Xanguá , 10 March 2016, N.K. Luna et al. 237 (JPB; UFP). São Lourenço da Mata, Refúgio da Vida Silvestre Mata do Toró, January 2016, A.M. Silva 26 (IPA). Tamandaré, Reserva Biológica de Saltinho, 8º43’49”S, 35º10’39”W, 10 March 2010, B.S. Amorim et al. 599 (HST; NY).

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FIGURE 3. Distribution map of Pavonia in the Pernambuco state, Brazil. (+) P. blanchetiana; (*) P. fruticosa; (♦) P. glazioviana; (★) P. repens; (●) P. sidifolia.