Pavonia × gledhillii
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| Close-up on flower of Pavonia × gledhillii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Pavonia |
| Species: | Pavonia × gledhillii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pavonia × gledhillii Cheek, 1989 | |
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Pavonia × gledhillii is an evergreen flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae.
Etymology
The generic name honours Spanish botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754-1844).[1] The epithet gledhillii come from Dr. David Gledhill, curator in 1989 of University of Bristol Botanic Garden.
Description
Pavonia × gledhillii is a 19th Century hybrid of Pavonia makoyana, E. Morrem and Pavonia multiflora, A. Juss., often incorrectly confused with Pavonia multiflora.
This subshrub is intermediate between the two species of origin in almost all respects, but it has nine to ten equal broad bracts and sub-entire leaf margins. It can reach a height of about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). The unusual flowers are purple-grey enclosed within a bright red calyx. Flowering period is late Summer.
Gallery
Flowers of Pavonia × gledhillii
Flowers
Close-up on flower
Leaves
P. x gl. as indoor plant
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- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. III M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1981. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
- M. Cheek - A New Name for a South American Pavonia (Malvaceae) - Kew Bulletin - Vol. 44, No. 1, 1989