taxonID	type	description	language	source
038087BEFE747577EC2DFAD5FD05FA60.taxon	materials_examined	Type: COLOMBIA, Antioquia: Mun. Medellin, via Santa Helena, 8 – 12 km, 1520 – 1680 m, 26.03.1987, Callejas & Escobar 3313 (holo TEX [TEX 00375782 digital image!]). Fig. 1	en	N., Arun Kumar, S. S., Mali, K., Ravikumar, Abstract, S. N. Begum (2023): Pavonia sepioides (Malvavisceae: Malvaceae), a new record for Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 22-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.04, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/80be8efc-da53-3e11-b980-688f7585ade5/
038087BEFE747577EC2DFAD5FD05FA60.taxon	description	Undershrubs, erect, up to 1 m high; stems weak. Leaves ovate, lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 5 – 10 × 2 – 5 cm, usually wider below the middle, acute or obtuse at base, acuminate at apex, margins biserrate with alternate small and big teeth; 3 – 5 nerved at base, sparsely stellate pubescent only on nerves adaxially, uniformly stellate pubescent abaxially; nerves 3 – 5, distant; petioles 5 – 20 mm long, densely pubescent; stipules linear-lanceolate, c. 11 mm long, early caducous. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1 – 1.8 cm long in flowers and up to 3 cm long in fruits, pubescent, terete. Epicalyx segments 6 or 7, free, 7 – 11 mm long, linear, sparsely pubescent, with long simple hairs along margins. Calyx 5 - lobed; lobes triangularovate, 5 – 9 mm long, acuminate at apex, long ciliate along the margins, sometimes basally greenish white, slightly united below. Corolla yellow; petals 5, obovate to ovate, entire along margins, obtuse at apex, narrowed at base, sparsely hairy outside, glabrous inside. Staminal column c. 3 – 7 mm long, glabrous, antheriferous throughout, apex toothed; filaments filiform, 1 – 2 mm long; anthers dorsifixed. Styles emerging from the column, inserted, 7 – 10 - fid. Schizocarps 7 – 9 mm long; mericarps 5, c. 6 mm long, glabrous, reddish gland dotted, with 3 sub-equal spines with 1 spine longer than the others; spines 3 – 7 mm long, divergent, retrorsely barbed. Seeds convexly ovate, 1.5 – 2 mm long, pale brown with few simple hairs with prominent strophiole and hilum; hilum with prominent blackish ridges and furrows.	en	N., Arun Kumar, S. S., Mali, K., Ravikumar, Abstract, S. N. Begum (2023): Pavonia sepioides (Malvavisceae: Malvaceae), a new record for Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 22-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.04, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/80be8efc-da53-3e11-b980-688f7585ade5/
038087BEFE747577EC2DFAD5FD05FA60.taxon	biology_ecology	Flowering & fruiting: Flowers and fruits were observed during April. Habitat: The plants were found growing inside a Eucalyptus plantation as a weed at an altitude of 735 m asl. The other associated plants were Ouret lanata (L.) Kuntze (Amaranthaceae), Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce, Capparis zeylanica L. (both Capparaceae), Cipadessa baccifera (Roxb. ex Roth) Miq. (Meliaceae), Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), Flueggea leucopyrus Willd. (Phyllanthaceae) and Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. (Asteraceae).	en	N., Arun Kumar, S. S., Mali, K., Ravikumar, Abstract, S. N. Begum (2023): Pavonia sepioides (Malvavisceae: Malvaceae), a new record for Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 22-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.04, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/80be8efc-da53-3e11-b980-688f7585ade5/
038087BEFE747577EC2DFAD5FD05FA60.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Uganda (introduced) (Fryxell, 1999; POWO, 2023), and now in India.	en	N., Arun Kumar, S. S., Mali, K., Ravikumar, Abstract, S. N. Begum (2023): Pavonia sepioides (Malvavisceae: Malvaceae), a new record for Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 22-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.04, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/80be8efc-da53-3e11-b980-688f7585ade5/
038087BEFE747577EC2DFAD5FD05FA60.taxon	materials_examined	Specimenexamined: INDIA, Karnataka, Dindadahalli village, Bheemasamudra, Chitradurga district, 735 m asl, 17.04.2022, N 14 ° 12 ’ 16.11 ”, E 76 ° 13 ’ 34.38 ”, N. Arun Kumar & Seema Mali 124389 (FRLH).	en	N., Arun Kumar, S. S., Mali, K., Ravikumar, Abstract, S. N. Begum (2023): Pavonia sepioides (Malvavisceae: Malvaceae), a new record for Asia. Rheedea 33 (1): 22-24, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.04, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/80be8efc-da53-3e11-b980-688f7585ade5/
