Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pavonia Cav., Diss. 2, Secunda Diss. Bot. (1786)
Description
Annual to perennial herbs or shrubs. Lvs usually angled or lobed. Fls axillary and solitary, or in infls with reduced lvs; epicalyx segments 5 or more, united in part or free; calyx evenly 5-toothed; petals spreading or closed. Style branches twice as many as loculi, clavate. Fr. of 5, 1-seeded, indehiscent, sometimes awned mericarps arranged in a single flat whorl and separating from axis at maturity.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Cavanilles, A.J. 1786: Monadelphiae Classis Dissertationes. Secunda Dissertatio Botanica. Vol. 2. 43–106, [i]-[vi].
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
