Pavonia paniculata Cavanilles (1787: 135)

Tavares, Aline Belém & Alves, Marccus, 2024, Synopsis of Pavonia Cav. (Malvaceae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, Phytotaxa 645 (3), pp. 232-247 : 243

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.645.3.3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13528243

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7B0E2572-FFFB-D434-CAE2-FDC6FF3128EC

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Felipe

scientific name

Pavonia paniculata Cavanilles (1787: 135)
status

 

10. Pavonia paniculata Cavanilles (1787: 135) View in CoL ( Figures 2 View FIGURE 2 , 5g, 6f).

Holotype:— PERU. Próximo ao rio Maragnon, “ Hibiscus paniculatus ”, Dombey s.n. ( P barcode P02285766 ! [digital image], isotype: CTES)

Taxonomic notes: —The important characteristics of P. paniculata are observed in the falciform stipules and the arrangement of the flowers aggregated into panicle inflorescences.Another relevant feature is the shrub habit, pubescent branches, ovate (cordiform) leaves (5.5‒11.5 × 4.3‒11.1 cm) and epicalyx with 6‒8 filiform bracteoles.

Distribution, habitat and IUCN threat status: —This species occurs in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil ( Fryxell, 1999). In Brazil, it is registered in the North (Pará), Northeast (Alagoas, Ceará, Paraíba and Pernambuco), Midwest (Mato Grosso do Sul), and Southeast (Minas Gerais and São Paulo) (Flora e Funga do Brasil, 2022). In Pernambuco it is recorded in two municipalities in the Mata Zone ( Mata Úmida subzone). There are no records that indicate occurrence within conservation units. As per the criteria B of IUCN (2022), the species is here considered Least Concern (LC) with larger EOO of 18,839,507.674 Km² and an AOO of 932.000 Km². In addition, the municipality of Jaboatão dos Guararapes is largely urbanized and the species may no longer exist there.

Phenology: —Collected with flowers and fruits in July.

Specimens analyzed: — BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Beira de um riacho, 16 July 1931, B. Pickel 2634 ( IPA; NY; US) . Quipapá, Distrito de Pau-ferro , 10 July 1998, I. A. Bayma & C. S. S. Barros s.n. ( MAC 10325 About MAC ) .

B

Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet

IPA

Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPA

NY

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden

I

"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University

A

Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

C

University of Copenhagen

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Pavonia

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