291 Species in 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.