Passovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Passovia H.Karst. |
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Allohemia Raf. | |
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
editAccording 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Passovia H.Karst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ 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.