Pavonia × gledhillii
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|image = Malvaceae - Pavonia × gledhillii-1.JPG
|image_caption = Close-up on flower
|genus = Pavonia
|species = × gledhillii
|authority = Cheek, 1989
|synonyms =
- Pavonia intermedia Hort. (non St.Hil.)
}}
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).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kaN-hLL-3qEC |first=Umberto |last=Quattrocchi |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names |volume=III M-Q |year=2000 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-8493-2677-6 |page=1981}} 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 {{convert|2|m}}. The unusual flowers are purple-grey enclosed within a bright red calyx. Flowering period is late Summer.
Gallery
File:Malvaceae - Pavonia × gledhillii.JPG|Flowers of Pavonia × gledhillii
File:Pavonia × gledhillii.jpg|Flowers
File:2007 pavonia intermedia 3.jpg|Close-up on flower
File:Malvaceae - Pavonia × gledhillii-2.JPG|Leaves
File:Pavonia × gledhillii indoor plant 2014.png|P. x gl. as indoor plant
References
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- M. Cheek – [https://www.jstor.org/pss/4114654 A New Name for a South American Pavonia (Malvaceae)] – Kew Bulletin – Vol. 44, No. 1, 1989
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Pavonia × gledhillii}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Pavonia × gledhillii}}
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