Pavetta brownii Bremek. var. brownii

Rubiaceae

Bremekamp, C.E.B. (1934) Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 37 : 125.

Usually flowers and fruits as a shrub 1-5 m tall.

Leaf blades about 7.5-21 x 3.5-9 cm, petioles about 0.8-2.2 cm long, channelled on the upper surface. Stipules interpetiolar, about 4-7 mm long, connate at the base. Lateral veins about 8-10 on each side of the midrib forming loops inside the blade margin.

Calyx (hypanthium) shortly pubescent. Calyx lobes (teeth) much less than 0.5 mm long. Corolla glabrous, tube about 11-12 mm long, lobes about 7 mm long. Anthers about 11-12 mm long. Style filiform, about 3-3.5 mm long.

Fruits about 7-7.5 mm diam. Seeds about 5-6 x 5 mm.

Features not available.

Endemic to Australia, occurs in WA, NT, CYP, NEQ and CEQ. Altitudinal range not known but collected close to sea level. Grows in monsoon forest and vine thickets.

A very showy shrub with white perfumed flowers that has potential in tropical areas.

Pavetta brownii var. glabra Bremek., Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 37 : 125(1934), Type: Gulf of Carpentaria, Dec. 1802, Brown 3451; holo: K. Pavetta brownii var. pubescens Bremek., Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 37 : 125(1934), Type: Gulf of Carpentaria, Dec. 1802, Brown 3449; holo: K; iso:BM. Pavetta brownii Bremek., Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 37 : 125(1934), Type: Queensland, Coen River, Nov. 1802, R. Brown 3449; lecto: BM. Fide Reynolds (1993). Pavetta insulana Bremek., Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 37 : 124(1934), Type: Queensland, Thursday Island, Jaheri 250b; holo: L. Pavetta indica var. obovata Domin, Biblioth. Bot. : 623(1929), Type: Northern Australia, 1802 - 1805, R. Brown [3451]; holo: K; iso: BM, CANB.