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

Pasaccardoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  2. ^ a b Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 354-355 in German
  3. ^ The Plant List, Phyllactinia grantii Benth. ex Oliv.
  4. ^ Tropicos, Pasaccardoa Kuntze
  5. ^ a b c "'Pasaccardoa Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  6. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.