Passovia

Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Passovia

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

Allohemia Raf.

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. ↑ 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.

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