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Cavanilla

Cavanilla is a name that has been used four times, applied to four different groups of plants. None of the names is in common use today. Names are

  • Cavanilla J.F.Gmel. 1792 ( Dombeya or Pentapetes or Pterospermum or Trochetia in Malvaceae; impossible to equate with a modern genus because no type was ever designated)
  • Cavanilla Thunb. 1792 ( Pyrenacantha in Icacinaceae)
  • Cavanilla Salisb. 1792 ( Stewartia in Theaceae)
  • Cavanilla Vell. 1829 ( Caperonia in Euphorbiaceae)

Species assigned to these various generic names with their closest modern equivalents

  • Cavanilla acerifolia (L.) J.F.Gmel. - Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd.
  • Cavanilla acutangula J.F.Gmel. - Dombeya acutangula Cav.
  • Cavanilla angulata J.F.Gmel. - Dombeya acutangula Cav.
  • Cavanilla decanthera J.F.Gmel. - Trochetia decanthera Benth.
  • Cavanilla ferruginea J.F.Gmel. - Dombeya ferruginea Cav.
  • Cavanilla florida Salisb. - Stewartia ovata (Cav.) Weath.
  • Cavanilla grandiflora Kuntze - Pyrenacantha grandiflora Baill.
  • Cavanilla kamassana Kuntze - unknown
  • Cavanilla kirkii Kuntze - Pyrenacantha kirkii Baill.
  • Cavanilla ovata J.F.Gmel. - Dombeya ferruginea Cav.
  • Cavanilla palmata J.F.Gmel. - Dombeya acutangula Cav.
  • Cavanilla phoenicea J.F.Gmel. - Pentapetes phoenicea L.
  • Cavanilla punctata J.F.Gmel. - Dombeya punctata Cav.
  • Cavanilla scandens Thunb. - Pyrenacantha scandens (Thunb.) Endl. ex Baill.
  • Cavanilla tiliifolia J.F.Gmel. - Dombeya acutangula Cav.
  • Cavanilla tomentosa J.F.Gmel. - Dombeya tomentosa Cav.
  • Cavanilla umbellata J.F.Gmel. - Dombeya umbellata Cav.
  • Cavanilla vogeliana (Baill.) Kuntze - Pyrenacantha vogeliana Baill.
  • Cavanilla volubilis Kuntze - unknown