Pavonia is a genus of around 220 species of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The generic name honours Spanish botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754-1844).

Pavonia clathrata is a South African indigenous species from the Gauteng, Limpopo and North West Provinces. It is synonymously known as Pavonia schumanniana. Pavonia clathrata grows into an erect branched soft-wooded shrub of up to 1.2 meters tall. It has palmate hairy leaves. It bears pale yellow flowers which are followed by decorative bird-cage like seed cases.