Pozoa Explained

Pozoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.^[1]

It is native to Argentina and Chile in southern South America.

The genus name of Pozoa is in honour of José Pozo (fl. 1800), a Spanish botanist at a botanical garden in Madrid.^[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Sp. Pl. on page 13 in 1816.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Pozoa coriacea
• Pozoa volcanica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pozoa Lag. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 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.