Pavonia (plant)

For other uses, see Pavonia (disambiguation).

Pavonia
File:Pavonia hastata1DavidMidgley.jpg
Pavonia hastata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Malvoideae
Tribe:	Hibisceae
Genus:	Pavonia Cav.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Asterochlaena Garcke Blanchetiastrum Hassl. Cancellaria (DC.) Mattei Codonochlamys Ulbr. Goethea Nees Lass Adans. Lopimia Mart. Malache Vogel Pseudopavonia Hassl. Pteropavonia Mattei Thorntonia Rchb. Triplochlamys Ulbr.

Pavonia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The generic name honours Spanish botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754-1844). Several species are known as swampmallows.

Selected species

• 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.

Formerly placed here

• Hibiscus platanifolius (Willd.) Sweet (as P. platanifolia Willd.)

Hybrids

Pavonia × gledhillii Cheek, 1989 (Pavonia makoyana × Pavonia multiflora)

Gallery

• 2007 pavonia intermedia.jpg

  Pavonia intermedia

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  Pavonia odorata

• Pavonia spinifex1.jpg

  Pavonia spinifex

• PavoniaStrictifloraFlora.jpg

  Pavonia strictiflora

• Pavonia cancellata in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.JPG

  Pavonia cancellata

References

• Fryxell, P.A. (2009). A new species of Pavonia (Malvaceae) from the Atlantic coastal forests of eastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 2: 13-18.