Passovia Explained

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.

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:

• Passovia beckii
• Passovia biloba
• Passovia bisexualis
• Passovia brasiliana
• Passovia coarctata
• Passovia cordata
• Passovia diffusa
• Passovia disjectifolia
• Passovia ensifera
• Passovia myrsinites
• Passovia ovata
• Passovia pedunculata
• Passovia podoptera
• Passovia pycnostachya
• Passovia pyrifolia
• Passovia robusta
• Passovia rufa
• Passovia santaremensis
• Passovia subtilis
• Passovia theloneura

Notes and References

1. Web site: Passovia H.Karst. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.