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.