Biology:Pasaccardoa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Pasaccardoa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Dicomeae
Genus: Pasaccardoa
O. Kuntze
Type species
Pasaccardoa grantii
(Bentham ex Oliver) O. Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
  • Passacardoa Wild
  • Phyllactinia Benth. ex Oliv. 1873 not Lev. 1851 (a fungus)[2][3]

Pasaccardoa is a genus of African plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][4]

The genus is native to Angola, Tanzania, Zambia and Zaïre.[5]

The genus was circumscribed by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. vol.1 on page 354 in 1891.[5]

The genus name of Pasaccardoa is in honour of Pier Andrea Saccardo (1845–1920), who was an Italian botanist and mycologist.[6]

Species[1][5]
  • Pasaccardoa baumii O.Hoffm.
  • Pasaccardoa grantii (Benth. ex Oliv.) Kuntze
  • Pasaccardoa jeffreyi Wild
  • Pasaccardoa procumbens (Lisowski) G.V.Pope

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2891636 entry