Pavonia papilionacea (Malvaceae) - Plate 590

Joseph Banks

Society Islands (Parts 28 - 31)

Line engraving by Gerald Sibelius, after Sydney Parkinson (1769). Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at: Society Islands (13 April - 9 August 1769) This attractive yellow-flowered shrub is probably extinct as it has not been collected since the 1850's.