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 florida Salisb. \- Stewartia malacodendron L.
* Cavanilla palmata J.F.Gmel. \- Dombeya acutangula Cav.
* Cavanilla phoenicea J.F.Gmel. \- Pentapetes phoenicea L.
* Cavanilla tiliifolia J.F.Gmel. \- Dombeya acutangula Cav.

Topics referred to by the same term

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