Passovia

Passovia ovata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Loranthaceae
Tribus: Psittacantheae
Subtribus: Psittacanthinae
Genus: Passovia
Species: P. beckii – P. biloba – P. bisexualis – P. bracteata – P. brasiliana – P. coarctata – P. cordata – P. diffusa – P. disjectifolia – P. ensifera – P. intermedia – P. lobaterae – P. murcaei – P. myrsinites – P. ovata – P. pedunculata – P. podoptera – P. pycnostachya – P. pyrifolia – P. robusta – P. rufa – P. santaremensis – P. subtilis – P. theloneura

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Passovia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 14. Reference page.

Name

Passovia H.Karst. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 4: 107. (1846)

• Type species: Passovia suaveolens H. Karst.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Allohemia Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 125 (1838)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical America Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Karsten, G.H. 1846. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin): A. Förstner. 4: 107.

Additional references

• Kuijt, J., 2011. Pulling the skeleton out of the closet: resurrection of Phthirusa sensu Martius and consequent revival of Passovia (Loranthaceae). Plant Diversity and Evolution 129(2): 159-211. DOI: 10.1127/1869-6155/2011/0129-0049 Reference page. 
• Kuijt, J. 2013. A brief taxonomic history of neotropical mistletoe genera, with a key to the genera. Blumea – Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 58: 3. 263–266(4). DOI: 10.3767/000651913X676664 PDF. Reference page. 
• Nickrent, D.L., Malécot, V., Vidal-Russell, R. & Der, J.P. 2010. A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59(2): 538–558. DOI: 10.1002/tax.592019 JSTOR PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Passovia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 3. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2018. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Passovia. Accessed: 2018 March 1.
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Passovia. Published online. Accessed: 1 March 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Passovia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 1 March 2018.
• Nickrent, D.L. 2018. The parasitic plant connection websiteː Loranthaceae. Accessed 20 February 2018

Vernacular names

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