Biology:Pozoa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Pozoa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Azorelloideae
Genus: Pozoa
Lag.

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

It is native to Argentina and Chile in southern South America.[1]

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:[1]

  • Pozoa coriacea Lag.
  • Pozoa volcanica Mathias & Constance

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10352286 entry