''Pavetta'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...
. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plants are cultivated for their simple but variable leaves, usually
opposite but also occur in triple whorls. The leaves are often membranous with dark bacterial nodules. ''Pavetta'' has small, white, tubular flowers, sometimes salviform or funnel-shaped with 4 spreading petal lobes. The flowers are carried on terminal
corymbs
Corymb is a botanical term for an inflorescence with the flowers growing in such a fashion that the outermost are borne on longer pedicels than the inner, bringing all flowers up to a common level. A corymb has a flattish top with a superficial re ...
or
cymes.
[Encyclopaedia of Garden Plants, C. Brickell, 1996, London, Royal Horticultural Society, .]
Gousiekte
Two ''Pavetta'' species, ''
Pavetta harborii'' and ''
Pavetta schummaniana'', harbor endophytic ''
Burkholderia
''Burkholderia'' is a genus of Pseudomonadota whose pathogenic members include the ''Burkholderia cepacia'' complex, which attacks humans and ''Burkholderia mallei'', responsible for glanders, a disease that occurs mostly in horses and related ...
'' bacteria in visible leaf nodules and are known to cause gousiekte, a cardiotoxicosis of ruminants characterised by heart failure four to eight weeks after ingestion of certain rubiaceous plants.
Species
Selected species include:
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Pavetta axillipara
''Pavetta axillipara'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Tanzania.
References
Flora of Tanzania
Pavetta, axillipara
Vulnerable plants
Endemic flora of Tanzania
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Pavetta blanda''
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Pavetta brachycalyx''
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Pavetta capensis
''Pavetta capensis'', the Cape bride's bush, is a species of plant that was first described by Martinus Houttuyn, and given its current name by Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp. ''Pavetta capensis'' is part of the genus ''Pavetta'' and the family ...
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Pavetta gleniei''
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Pavetta holstii''
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Pavetta indica''
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Pavetta intermedia''
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Pavetta kimberleyana''
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Pavetta kupensis''
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Pavetta lasioclada
''Pavetta lasioclada'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, and Togo. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat ...
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Pavetta linearifolia''
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Pavetta lynesii''
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Pavetta manyanguensis''
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Pavetta mollissima''
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Pavetta monticola''
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Pavetta muiriana
''Pavetta muiriana'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened b ...
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Pavetta nitidissima
''Pavetta nitidissima'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the A ...
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Pavetta rubentifolia''
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Pavetta schumanniana
''Pavetta schumanniana'', the poison bride's bush, is a species of plant described by F.Hoffm. and Karl Moritz Schumann. ''Pavetta schumanniana'' is part of the genus ''Pavetta'' and the family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flower ...
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Pavetta sparsipila''
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Pavetta tarennoides''
Pictures
File:Pavetta capensis 1.jpg, ''Pavetta capensis
''Pavetta capensis'', the Cape bride's bush, is a species of plant that was first described by Martinus Houttuyn, and given its current name by Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp. ''Pavetta capensis'' is part of the genus ''Pavetta'' and the family ...
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File:Pavetta crassicaulis flowers in Hyderabad W IMG 8710.jpg, ''Pavetta crassicaulis
''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
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File:Pavetta crassicaulis flower buds in Hyderabad W IMG 8707.jpg, ''Pavetta crassicaulis
''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
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File:Pavetta indica 03.JPG, '' Pavetta indica''
File:Pavetta lanceolata, vrugte, a, Walter Sisulu NBT.jpg, '' Pavetta lanceolata''
File:Pavetta tomentosa W IMG_2868.jpg, '' Pavetta tomentosa''
References
External links
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World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q576868
Rubiaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot