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Internal ID UUID64400114e085a507112765
Scientific name Pavonia urens
Authority Cav.
First published in Diss. 3: 137 (1787)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Malache urens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 71 (1891)
Malache bojeri Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 70 (1891)
Pavonia ruwenzoriensis De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 1: 500 (1922)
Pavonia bojeri Baker J. Bot. 20: 45 (1882)
Pavonia tomentosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 52 (1847)

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Pavonia urens var. hanangensis Verdc. Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Malv.: 13 (2009)
Pavonia urens var. irakuensis (Ulbr.) Verdc. Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Malv.: 12 (2009)
Pavonia urens var. urens

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Kwazulu-Natal
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Réunion

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000473859
Tropicos 19601835
INPN 706615
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:563130-1
The Plant List kew-2547430
Open Tree Of Life 6118208
NCBI Taxonomy 2676173
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002809
IPNI 563130-1
iNaturalist 558646
GBIF 5617982
EPPO PVAUR
USDA GRIN 27061

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Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Woody species diversity and carbon stock of church forests along age gradient in Dangila district, Awi-zone, Ethiopia Sewagegn GB, Abate DF, Yohannis Gebremariam Girma Heliyon 05-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9463591
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10491
PMID:36097492
Ethnobotany of traditional medicinal plants and associated indigenous knowledge in Dawuro Zone of Southwestern Ethiopia Agize M, Asfaw Z, Nemomissa S, Gebre T J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 21-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9210772
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00546-4
PMID:35729583
Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review Asmerom D, Kalay TH, Araya TY, Desta DM, Wondafrash DZ, Tafere GG Biomed Res Int 07-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8205584
doi:10.1155/2021/6656406
PMID:34212038
Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Ethiopian Medicinal Plants: A Systematic Review Nigussie D, Davey G, Tufa TB, Brewster M, Legesse BA, Fekadu A, Makonnen E Front Pharmacol 01-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8203926
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.633921
PMID:34140888
Medicinal plant use practice in four ethnic communities (Gurage, Mareqo, Qebena, and Silti), south central Ethiopia Teka A, Asfaw Z, Demissew S, Van Damme P J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7245860
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00377-1
PMID:32448337
The Use of Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Toothache in Ethiopia Megersa M, Jima TT, Goro KK Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 20-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6721409
doi:10.1155/2019/2645174
PMID:31531110
Medicinal Plants Used for Treatment of Diarrhoeal Related Diseases in Ethiopia Woldeab B, Regassa R, Alemu T, Megersa M Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 18-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5878875
doi:10.1155/2018/4630371
PMID:29743923
Cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in East African farming landscapes: a review of the factors determining abundance Macfadyen S, Paull C, Boykin LM, De Barro P, Maruthi MN, Otim M, Kalyebi A, Vassão DG, Sseruwagi P, Tay WT, Delatte H, Seguni Z, Colvin J, Omongo CA Bull Entomol Res 13-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC7672366
doi:10.1017/S0007485318000032
PMID:29433589
African ancestry of New World, Bemisia tabaci-whitefly species Mugerwa H, Seal S, Wang HL, Patel MV, Kabaalu R, Omongo CA, Alicai T, Tairo F, Ndunguru J, Sseruwagi P, Colvin J Sci Rep 09-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5807539
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20956-3
PMID:29426821
Assessment of macrophyte, heavy metal, and nutrient concentrations in the water of the Nairobi River, Kenya Njuguna SM, Yan X, Gituru RW, Wang Q, Wang J Environ Monit Assess 16-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5559568
doi:10.1007/s10661-017-6159-0
PMID:28815343
In vitro antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine in Gurage and Silti Zones, south central Ethiopia Teka A, Rondevaldova J, Asfaw Z, Demissew S, Van Damme P, Kokoska L, Vanhove W BMC Complement Altern Med 18-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC4539890
doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0822-1
PMID:26283630
Insect repellent plants traditional usage practices in the Ethiopian malaria epidemic-prone setting: an ethnobotanical survey Karunamoorthi K, Hailu T J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC3932844
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-22
PMID:24521138
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Wayu Tuka District, East Welega Zone of Oromia Regional State, West Ethiopia Megersa M, Asfaw Z, Kelbessa E, Beyene A, Woldeab B J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Sep-2013
PMCID:PMC3851437
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-68
PMID:24295044
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by people in Zegie Peninsula, Northwestern Ethiopia Teklehaymanot T, Giday M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 14-Mar-2007
PMCID:PMC1852296
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-3-12
PMID:17355645

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