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Pavonia Cav.
Genus with around 250 species, annual or perennial herbaceous plants and shrubs, distributed through the tropical or temperate regions of both hemispheres. In North Africa it is represented by 3 shrubby species.
Key to species
1 Mericarps winged (in general) Pavonia kotschyi
1 Mericarps not winged 2
2 Mericarps covered with small spines Pavonia senegalensis
2 Mericarps without spines, glabrous or glabrescent Pavonia burchellii
Updated by: A.F. Carrillo.