Selected species

• Pavonia arabica Hochst.
  Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter
  Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter was a German botanist and Protestant minister who was a native of Stuttgart. He was the father of geologist Ferdinand Hochstetter ....
  
   & Steud.
  Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel
  Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel was a German physician and an authority on grasses.Steudel lived in Esslingen where with Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter he organized Unio Itineraria.- References :...
  
   ex Boiss.
  Pierre Edmond Boissier
  Pierre Edmond Boissier was a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.He was the son of Jacques Boissier and Lucile Butini , daughter of Pierre Butini a well-known physician and naturalist from Geneva...
  
  
• Pavonia burchellii (DC.) R.A.Dyer
  Robert Allen Dyer
  Robert Allen Dyer was a South African botanist and taxonomist, working particularly on Amaryllidaceae and succulent plants, contributing to and editing of Bothalia and Flowering Plants of Africa and holding the office of Director of the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria from 1944 to...
  
  
• Pavonia fruticosa (Mill.
  Philip Miller
  Philip Miller FRS was a Scottish botanist.Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until he was pressured to retire shortly before his death...
  
  ) Fawc.
  William Fawcett (botanist)
  William Fawcett was a British botanist and coauthor of the Flora of Jamaica.Fawcett was Director of Public Gardens and Plantations in Jamaica from 1887 to 1908...
  
   & Rendle
  Alfred Barton Rendle
  Alfred Barton Rendle FRS was an English botanist.Rendle was born in Lewisham and studied at St John's College, Cambridge...
  
  – Anamu
• Pavonia hastata Cav.
  Antonio José Cavanilles
  Antonio José Cavanilles was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist of the 18th century. He named many plants, particularly from Oceania, his name is abbreviated as Cav...
  
  – Spearleaf Swampmallow
• Pavonia lasiopetala Scheele – Texas Swampmallow, Wright Pavonia
• Pavonia odorata Willd.
  Carl Ludwig Willdenow
  Carl Ludwig Willdenow was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants...
  
  
• Pavonia paludicola Nicolson ex Fryxell
  Paul Fryxell
  Paul A. Fryxell Paul A. Fryxell Paul A. Fryxell (born 2 February 1927, Moline, Illinois, died July 11, 2011 Claremont, California was an American botanist.He attended Moline public schools and later Augustana College, graduating with a B.A. in 1949, and Iowa State University (M.S., 1951, Ph.D., 1955)...
  
  – Swampbush
• Pavonia paniculata Cav. – Cadillo Anaranjado
• Pavonia sepium A.St.-Hil.
  Augustin Saint-Hilaire
  Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire , French botanist and traveler, was born at Orléans, France, on 4 October 1779. He began to publish memoirs on botanical subjects at an early age...
  
  
• Pavonia spinifex (L.) Cav. – Gingerbush
• Pavonia strictiflora (Hook.
  William Jackson Hooker
  Sir William Jackson Hooker, FRS was an English systematic botanist and organiser. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and was the first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He enjoyed the friendship and support of Sir Joseph Banks for his exploring,...
  
  ) Fryxell
• Pavonia urens Cav.

Formerly placed here

• Hibiscus platanifolius (Willd.) Sweet
  Robert Sweet (botanist)
  Robert Sweet was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a series of nurseries. He was associated with nurseries at Stockwell, Fulham...
  
  (as P. platanifolia Willd.)

Hybrids