Pavonia leptocalyx(Sond.) Ulbr.

WFO wfo-0001077565 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Pavonia leptocalyx, photographed by Kelly Abram
fig. a Kelly Abram, CC0 1.0 / 2022-01-29 / obs. 177652737
Pavonia leptocalyx, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. b rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177221816
Pavonia leptocalyx, photographed by Kelly Abram
fig. c Kelly Abram, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177652755
Pavonia leptocalyx, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. d rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177221876
Pavonia leptocalyx, photographed by Kelly Abram
fig. e Kelly Abram, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177652783
Pavonia leptocalyx, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. f rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177221940

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Accession
K000240550
Filed as
Pavonia leptocalyx (Sond.) Ulbr.
Det. by
Meeuse, A.D.J.
Collected
Peters
Origin
not recorded
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Pavonia leptocalyx is native: Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe KenyaKwaZulu-NatalMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesSomaliaTanzaniaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Pavonia leptocalyx, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Kenya KEN AFRICA
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Somalia SOM
Tanzania TAN
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Hibiscus chittle-benda Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Hibiscus leptocalyx Sond.
  • Hibiscus morifolius Rottler ex Wight & Arn.
  • Pavonia discolor Ulbr.
  • Pavonia fruticulosa Ulbr.
  • Pavonia humilis Jacq.
  • Pavonia mollissima Ulbr.
  • Pavonia odorata var. mollissima Garcke
  • Pavonia romborua Buch.-Ham.
  • Pavonia sennii Chiov.
  • Pavonia sidoides Hornem.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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