Passovia

Passovia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Loranthaceae
Genus:	Passovia; H.Karst.
Synonyms
	Allohemia Raf.

Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Passovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.^[1]

Its native range is south-eastern Mexico to Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles and the Windward Islands.^[1]

The genus name of Passovia is in honour of Friedrich Passow (19th century), the German consul in Puerto Cabello in Venezuela. He was also a member of Rostock's naturalist society.^[2] It was first described and published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) Vol.4 on page 107 in 1846.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

Passovia beckii Kuijt
Passovia biloba Kuijt
Passovia bisexualis (Rizzini) Kuijt
Passovia brasiliana Kuijt
Passovia coarctata (A.C.Sm.) Kuijt
Passovia cordata Kuijt
Passovia diffusa Kuijt
Passovia disjectifolia (Rizzini) Kuijt
Passovia ensifera Kuijt
Passovia myrsinites (Eichler) Tiegh.
Passovia ovata (Pohl ex DC.) Tiegh.
Passovia pedunculata (Jacq.) Kuijt
Passovia podoptera (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuijt
Passovia pycnostachya (Eichler) Tiegh.
Passovia pyrifolia (Kunth) Tiegh.
Passovia robusta (Rusby) Kuijt
Passovia rufa (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Tiegh.
Passovia santaremensis (Eichler) Tiegh.
Passovia subtilis Kuijt
Passovia theloneura (Eichler) Tiegh.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Passovia H.Karst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25299-1.
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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[POWO-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Passovia H.Karst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25299-1.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.