Passovia
Passovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Scientific classification Edit this 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 2 3 4 "Passovia H.Karst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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