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Magnoliopsida
Pavonia Cav.
EOL Text
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves often cordate at base. Flowers solitary, occasionally in terminal racemes or spikes. Epicalyx of 5-16 bracts. Calyx of 5 lobes. Style branches usually 10, always more than 5. Fruit of 5 indehiscent 1-seeded mericarps. Seeds reniform.
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Depth range based on 11 specimens in 16 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 8 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 40
Temperature range (°C): 25.569 - 29.261
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.141 - 1.271
Salinity (PPS): 33.382 - 35.219
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.373 - 4.672
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.209 - 0.282
Silicate (umol/l): 1.542 - 6.492
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 1 - 40
Temperature range (°C): 25.569 - 29.261
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.141 - 1.271
Salinity (PPS): 33.382 - 35.219
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.373 - 4.672
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.209 - 0.282
Silicate (umol/l): 1.542 - 6.492
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:40
Specimens with Sequences:62
Specimens with Barcodes:49
Species:10
Species With Barcodes:8
Public Records:17
Public Species:5
Public BINs:0
Pavonia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.[1] The generic name honours Spanish botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754-1844).[2]
Selected species[edit]
- Pavonia arabica Hochst. & Steud. ex Boiss.
- Pavonia burchellii (DC.) R.A.Dyer
- Pavonia fruticosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle – Anamu
- Pavonia hastata Cav. – Spearleaf Swampmallow
- Pavonia lasiopetala Scheele – Texas Swampmallow, Wright Pavonia
- Pavonia multiflora A. St.-Hil.
- Pavonia odorata Willd.
- Pavonia paludicola Nicolson ex Fryxell – Swampbush
- Pavonia paniculata Cav. – Cadillo Anaranjado
- Pavonia rosengurttii Krapov. & Cristóbal
- Pavonia sepium A.St.-Hil.
- Pavonia spinifex (L.) Cav. – Gingerbush
- Pavonia strictiflora (Hook.) Fryxell
- Pavonia urens Cav.[3][4]
Formerly placed here[edit]
- Hibiscus platanifolius (Willd.) Sweet (as P. platanifolia Willd.)[3]
Hybrids[edit]
Pavonia × gledhillii Cheek, 1989 (Pavonia makoyana × Pavonia multiflora)
Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b "Pavonia Cav.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. III M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1981. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
- ^ a b "Species Records of Pavonia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ "Pavonia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- Fryxell, P.A. (2009). A new species of Pavonia (Malvaceae) from the Atlantic coastal forests of eastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 2: 13-18.
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Pavonia multiflora, the Brazilian Candles or Many Flowers, is a species of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.
Description[edit]
Pavonia multiflora can reach a height of 1.5–2.5 metres (4 ft 11 in–8 ft 2 in). This evergreen shrub has a dark green and glossy foliage. Leaves are lance-shaped, about six inches long. The red or dark pink bracts surround cone-shaped purple upright flowers - about 6 cm across - with protruding dark blue stamens. Flowering period usually extends from late Spring to early Fall, but in the right conditions this plant can bloom all winter long.[3]
Distribution[edit]
This plant is native to Brazil.[4]
References[edit]
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