Taxon: Pavonia spinifex (L.) Cav.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• cousin   (Source: L West Indies ) – French
  
• cousin piquant   (Source: L West Indies ) – French
  
• cadillo   (Source: L West Indies ) – Spanish
  
• cadillo espinoso   (Source: L West Indies ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida, Georgia [s.e.]
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua; Bahamas; Barbados; Bermuda; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Kitts; St. Lucia; Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad; Virgin Islands (British) - Tortola; Virgin Islands (U.S.)

• also cultivated

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Angely, J. A. 1970–. Flora analítica e fitográfica do Estado de São Paulo.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Fryxell, P. A. 1979. Una revisión del género Pavonia en México. Bol. Soc. Bot. México 38:14–15.
• Fryxell, P. A. 1999. Pavonia Cavanilles (Malvaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 76:224.
• Krapovickas, A. & C. L. Cristóbal. 1962. Notas sobre la sección Lebretonia, Pavonia (Malvaceae) y revisión de las especies argentinas. Lilloa 31:12.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pavonia spinifex.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pavonia spinifex.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Pavonia spinifex.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Hibiscus spinifex L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Pavonia spinifex (L.) Cav.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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