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.