291 Species of Genus Pavonia

My Fascination with the Pavonia Genus

I’ve always been drawn to the vibrant colors and intricate forms of the natural world, but it was the discovery of the Pavonia genus that truly ignited my passion for botany. These flowering plants, belonging to the mallow family (Malvaceae), are a testament to the beauty and diversity of the plant kingdom. With their delicate petals, striking colors, and unique characteristics, they have captivated me completely.

Unveiling the Beauty of Pavonia

The Pavonia genus, named after the Spanish botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, encompasses a vast array of species, each with its own distinct charm. From the fiery reds of Pavonia multiflora to the soft pinks of Pavonia hastata, the genus boasts a spectrum of colors that rival any artist’s palette.

What truly sets Pavonia apart, however, are the intricate details of its flowers. The delicate petals, often adorned with contrasting veins or patterns, create a mesmerizing display. The way the flowers unfurl, revealing their hidden depths, is a spectacle that never fails to amaze me.

A Diverse and Widespread Genus

The Pavonia genus is a cosmopolitan group, with species found in tropical and subtropical regions around the globe. This wide distribution has led to a remarkable diversity within the genus, with species adapted to a variety of habitats, from arid deserts to lush rainforests.

  1. Pavonia achanioides Griseb.
  2. Pavonia alba Seem.
  3. Pavonia alia Fryxell
  4. Pavonia almasana Ulbr.
  5. Pavonia alnifolia A.St.-Hil.
  6. Pavonia angustifolia Benth.
  7. Pavonia angustipetala Krapov. & Cristóbal
  8. Pavonia anisaster (Standl.) Fryxell
  9. Pavonia apiculata R.E.Fr.
  10. Pavonia arabica Hochst. & Steud. ex Boiss.
  11. Pavonia arachnoidea C.Presl
  12. Pavonia arenaria (Murray) Roth
  13. Pavonia argentina Gürke
  14. Pavonia aschersoniana Gürke
  15. Pavonia aschersonioides Fryxell
  16. Pavonia aspera Hassl.
  17. Pavonia atlantica Fryxell
  18. Pavonia aurantia Alain
  19. Pavonia aurelii Fryxell
  20. Pavonia aurigloba Krapov. & Cristóbal
  21. Pavonia bahamensis Hitchc.
  22. Pavonia baillonii Hochr.
  23. Pavonia balansae Gürke
  24. Pavonia baumliana Fryxell
  25. Pavonia belophylla Hochr.
  26. Pavonia betonicifolia C.Presl
  27. Pavonia biflora Fryxell
  28. Pavonia blanchetiana Miq.
  29. Pavonia blepharicarpa N.A.Brummitt & Vollesen
  30. Pavonia boisiana Krapov.
  31. Pavonia botumirima Krapov.
  32. Pavonia brevibracteolata Hauman
  33. Pavonia bullulata Hochr.
  34. Pavonia burchellii (DC.) R.A.Dyer
  35. Pavonia cabraliana Krapov.
  36. Pavonia calcicola (Britton) Ekman
  37. Pavonia calycina (Cav.) Ulbr.
  38. Pavonia calyculosa A.St.-Hil. & Naudin
  39. Pavonia cancellata (L.) Cav.
  40. Pavonia candida (DC.) Fryxell
  41. Pavonia capivarensis Krapov.
  42. Pavonia castaneifolia A.St.-Hil. & Naudin
  43. Pavonia cauliflora (Nees) Fryxell ex G.L.Esteves
  44. Pavonia chiquitensis J.R.I.Wood
  45. Pavonia chlorantha (Kunth) Fryxell
  46. Pavonia ciliata G.L.Esteves & Krapov.
  47. Pavonia clarkii Fryxell
  48. Pavonia clathrata Mast.
  49. Pavonia coccinea Cav.
  50. Pavonia cochensis J.R.Johnst.
  51. Pavonia columella Cav.
  52. Pavonia communis A.St.-Hil.
  53. Pavonia commutata Garcke
  54. Pavonia conferta A.St.-Hil.
  55. Pavonia corymbosa (Sw.) Willd.
  56. Pavonia cracens Fryxell & G.L.Esteves
  57. Pavonia crassipedicellata Krapov.
  58. Pavonia crispa Krapov.
  59. Pavonia cristaliana Krapov.
  60. Pavonia cristata Schinz ex Gürke
  61. Pavonia cristobaliae Fryxell
  62. Pavonia cryptica Krapov. & Cristóbal
  63. Pavonia cryptocalyx Urb.
  64. Pavonia cymbalaria A.St.-Hil. & Naudin
  65. Pavonia dasypetala Turcz.
  66. Pavonia decora Fryxell
  67. Pavonia dentata Burtt Davy
  68. Pavonia dimorphostemon Verdc.
  69. Pavonia distinguenda A.St.-Hil. & Naudin
  70. Pavonia domatiifera J.Florence
  71. Pavonia dregei Garcke
  72. Pavonia ducke-limae Monteiro
  73. Pavonia durangensis Fryxell
  74. Pavonia dusenii Krapov.
  75. Pavonia ecostata Fryxell & S.D.Koch
  76. Pavonia ekmanii Helwig
  77. Pavonia elegans Garcke
  78. Pavonia ellenbeckii Gürke
  79. Pavonia eremogeiton Ulbr.
  80. Pavonia erythrolema Gürke
  81. Pavonia eurychlamys Ulbr.
  82. Pavonia exasperata Grings & Boldrini
  83. Pavonia falconensis Fryxell
  84. Pavonia filiformis J.R.I.Wood
  85. Pavonia firmiflora Schery
  86. Pavonia flavispina Miq.
  87. Pavonia flavoferruginea (Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood
  88. Pavonia fonsecana (Standl.) Fryxell
  89. Pavonia formosa Fryxell
  90. Pavonia friesii Krapov.
  91. Pavonia friisii Thulin & Vollesen
  92. Pavonia froesii Fryxell
  93. Pavonia fruticosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle
  94. Pavonia fryxelliana Fosberg & Sachet
  95. Pavonia fryxellii Krapov.
  96. Pavonia gallaensis Ulbr.
  97. Pavonia garckeana Gürke
  98. Pavonia geminiflora Moric.
  99. Pavonia gentryi Fryxell
  100. Pavonia gerleniae Gonçalez & M.C.Duarte
  101. Pavonia glazioviana Gürke
  102. Pavonia glaziovii (Ulbr.) Fryxell
  103. Pavonia glechomoides A.St.-Hil.
  104. Pavonia glutinosa Krapov. & Cristóbal
  105. Pavonia goetheoides (Hassl.) Fryxell ex G.L.Esteves
  106. Pavonia gossweileri Exell
  107. Pavonia gracilis R.E.Fr.
  108. Pavonia grandiflora A.St.-Hil.
  109. Pavonia graomogoliana Krapov.
  110. Pavonia grazielae Krapov.
  111. Pavonia guerkeana R.E.Fr.
  112. Pavonia harleyi Krapov.
  113. Pavonia hassleriana Chodat
  114. Pavonia hastata Cav.
  115. Pavonia hatschbachii Krapov.
  116. Pavonia heterostemon Urb.
  117. Pavonia heterotricha Fryxell
  118. Pavonia hexaphylla (S.Moore) Krapov.
  119. Pavonia hieronymi Gürke
  120. Pavonia hirticalyx Fryxell
  121. Pavonia hirtiflora Benth.
  122. Pavonia horrida Krapov.
  123. Pavonia hotteana Helwig
  124. Pavonia humifusa A.St.-Hil.
  125. Pavonia imatacensis Steyerm.
  126. Pavonia immaculata R.E.Fr.
  127. Pavonia immitis Fryxell
  128. Pavonia insperabilis Fryxell
  129. Pavonia integrifolia Standl.
  130. Pavonia intermedia A.St.-Hil.
  131. Pavonia intermixta A.Rich.
  132. Pavonia ionthacarpa Krapov.
  133. Pavonia kearneyi D.M.Bates
  134. Pavonia kilimandscharica Gürke
  135. Pavonia kleinii Krapov. & Cristóbal
  136. Pavonia kotschyi Hochst. ex Webb
  137. Pavonia krapovickasii Fryxell
  138. Pavonia laetevirens R.E.Fr.
  139. Pavonia lanata R.E.Fr.
  140. Pavonia lasiopetala Scheele
  141. Pavonia latibracteolata Krapov.
  142. Pavonia latifolia (Nees & Mart.) Spreng.
  143. Pavonia laxifolia A.St.-Hil.
  144. Pavonia leiocarpa Urb.
  145. Pavonia leptocalyx (Sond.) Ulbr.
  146. Pavonia leucantha Garcke
  147. Pavonia longifolia A.St.-Hil.
  148. Pavonia longipedunculata Gürke
  149. Pavonia longipilosa Thulin
  150. Pavonia longitricha Fryxell
  151. Pavonia longitudinalis Fryxell
  152. Pavonia luetzelburgii Ulbr.
  153. Pavonia macdougallii Fryxell
  154. Pavonia macrobracteolata Gonçalez & M.C.Duarte
  155. Pavonia macrostyla Gürke
  156. Pavonia makoyana É.Morren
  157. Pavonia malacophylla (Link & Otto) Garcke
  158. Pavonia malvaviscoides A.St.-Hil.
  159. Pavonia marginata Thulin
  160. Pavonia martii Colla
  161. Pavonia matteiana Thulin
  162. Pavonia mattogrossensis R.E.Fr.
  163. Pavonia meeboldii Ulbr.
  164. Pavonia melhanioides Thulin
  165. Pavonia missionum Ekman
  166. Pavonia mollis Kunth
  167. Pavonia montana Garcke ex Gürke
  168. Pavonia monticola Fryxell
  169. Pavonia morii Krapov.
  170. Pavonia multiflora A.St.-Hil.
  171. Pavonia mutisii Kunth
  172. Pavonia nana R.E.Fr.
  173. Pavonia narcissi Krapov.
  174. Pavonia nayarensis Fryxell
  175. Pavonia neei Fryxell
  176. Pavonia nemoralis A.St.-Hil. & Naudin
  177. Pavonia nepetifolia (Standl.) Standl.
  178. Pavonia nigrescens Thulin
  179. Pavonia occhionii Krapov.
  180. Pavonia opulifolia S.Moore
  181. Pavonia orientalis Krapov.
  182. Pavonia ovaliphylla G.L.Esteves & Krapov.
  183. Pavonia oxyphylla (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Fryxell
  184. Pavonia oxyphyllaria Donn.Sm.
  185. Pavonia pabstii Krapov. & Cristóbal
  186. Pavonia palmeirensis Krapov.
  187. Pavonia paludicola Nicolson ex Fryxell
  188. Pavonia paneroi Fryxell
  189. Pavonia paniculata Cav.
  190. Pavonia papilionacea Cav.
  191. Pavonia paraensis Fryxell
  192. Pavonia patuliloba Hochr.
  193. Pavonia paucibracteata Thulin
  194. Pavonia paucidentata Fryxell
  195. Pavonia penduliflora (Standl.) Standl.
  196. Pavonia peruviana Gürke
  197. Pavonia piauhyensis Ulbr.
  198. Pavonia pilifera Krapov.
  199. Pavonia piptocalyx Krapov.
  200. Pavonia pirottae (A.Terracc.) Chiov.
  201. Pavonia platyloba R.E.Fr.
  202. Pavonia pleuranthera (DC.) Fryxell
  203. Pavonia pohlii Gürke
  204. Pavonia praemorsa (L.f.) Cav.
  205. Pavonia prionophylla R.E.Fr.
  206. Pavonia procumbens (Wight & Arn.) Walp.
  207. Pavonia propinqua Garcke
  208. Pavonia pseudolaxifolia Fryxell
  209. Pavonia pseudotyphalaea Planch. & Linden
  210. Pavonia psilophylla Ekman
  211. Pavonia pterocarpa R.E.Fr.
  212. Pavonia pulchra Hochr.
  213. Pavonia pulidoae Fryxell
  214. Pavonia punctata Urb.
  215. Pavonia purpusii Brandegee
  216. Pavonia quadrifida Fryxell
  217. Pavonia queirozii Krapov.
  218. Pavonia ramboi Krapov. & Cristóbal
  219. Pavonia rehmannii Szyszył.
  220. Pavonia reitzii Krapov. & Cristóbal
  221. Pavonia renifolia Krapov.
  222. Pavonia repens Fryxell
  223. Pavonia restiaria Bertoni
  224. Pavonia reticulata Garcke
  225. Pavonia revoluta Krapov. & Cristóbal
  226. Pavonia rhizophorae Killip
  227. Pavonia rhodantha Hochr.
  228. Pavonia rogersii N.E.Br.
  229. Pavonia rojasii Hassl.
  230. Pavonia rosa-campestris A.St.-Hil.
  231. Pavonia rosengurttii Krapov. & Cristóbal
  232. Pavonia rotundifolia Thulin & Vollesen
  233. Pavonia rubra Krapov. & Cristóbal
  234. Pavonia rudis Fryxell
  235. Pavonia rupestris (Hassl.) Krapov. & Cristóbal
  236. Pavonia sagittata A.St.-Hil.
  237. Pavonia salmonea Grings & Boldrini
  238. Pavonia sancti Krapov.
  239. Pavonia sapucayensis Hassl.
  240. Pavonia schiedeana Steud.
  241. Pavonia schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  242. Pavonia schininii Krapov. & Cristóbal
  243. Pavonia schrankii Spreng.
  244. Pavonia schwackei Gürke
  245. Pavonia schweinfurthii Ulbr.
  246. Pavonia secreta Grings & Krapov.
  247. Pavonia semiserrata (Schrad.) Steud.
  248. Pavonia senegalensis (Cav.) Leistner
  249. Pavonia sepioides Fryxell & Krapov.
  250. Pavonia sepium A.St.-Hil.
  251. Pavonia serrana G.L.Esteves
  252. Pavonia serrata Franch.
  253. Pavonia setifer (C.Presl) Fryxell
  254. Pavonia sidifolia Kunth
  255. Pavonia somalensis Franch.
  256. Pavonia spectabilis Krapov.
  257. Pavonia spiciformis Krapov.
  258. Pavonia spinifex (L.) Cav.
  259. Pavonia spinistipula Gürke
  260. Pavonia spuria Fryxell
  261. Pavonia stenopetala Krapov.
  262. Pavonia steudneri Ulbr.
  263. Pavonia stipularis Krapov.
  264. Pavonia stolzii Ulbr.
  265. Pavonia striata Krapov.
  266. Pavonia strictiflora (Hook.) G.L.Esteves
  267. Pavonia subhastata Triana & Planch.
  268. Pavonia submutica Fryxell
  269. Pavonia subrotunda A.St.-Hil. & Naudin
  270. Pavonia teresina Krapov.
  271. Pavonia tiliifolia (Ulbr.) Fryxell
  272. Pavonia transvaalensis (Ulbr.) A.Meeuse
  273. Pavonia tricalycaris A.St.-Hil.
  274. Pavonia triloba Guill. & Perr.
  275. Pavonia troyana (Urb.) Urb.
  276. Pavonia undulata Krapov.
  277. Pavonia uniflora (Sessé & Moc.) Fryxell
  278. Pavonia urens Cav.
  279. Pavonia vannii Fryxell
  280. Pavonia varians Moric.
  281. Pavonia velvetiana Krapov.
  282. Pavonia venusta Fryxell
  283. Pavonia vinosa G.L.Esteves
  284. Pavonia viscidula A.St.-Hil. & Naudin
  285. Pavonia viscosa A.St.-Hil.
  286. Pavonia vitifolia Hochr.
  287. Pavonia windischii Krapov.
  288. Pavonia xanthogloea Ekman
  289. Pavonia yatarendana Krapov. & Cristóbal
  290. Pavonia zehntneri Ulbr.
  291. Pavonia zeylonica (L.) Cav.

My Personal Connection to Pavonia

My interest in Pavonia began with a chance encounter during a botanical expedition. I was immediately struck by the vibrant colors and intricate forms of the flowers. As I delved deeper into the genus, I became fascinated by its diversity and adaptability.

I have since cultivated several Pavonia species in my own garden, and I am constantly amazed by their resilience and beauty. They have brought a touch of the exotic to my backyard, and they serve as a constant reminder of the wonders of the natural world.

The Importance of Conservation

As with many plant species, some members of the Pavonia genus are facing threats due to habitat loss and climate change. It is crucial that we take steps to conserve these beautiful plants for future generations.

By raising awareness about the importance of biodiversity and supporting conservation efforts, we can help ensure that the Pavonia genus continues to thrive.

A Lifelong Passion

My journey with Pavonia has been a rewarding one, filled with discovery and wonder. I am committed to continuing my exploration of this fascinating genus, and I hope to share my passion with others.

The Pavonia genus is a testament to the beauty and resilience of the natural world. It is a reminder that even in the face of adversity, life finds a way to flourish.

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