Pasaccardoa
Genus of flowering plants
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Pasaccardoa is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][4]
| Pasaccardoa | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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] | |
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]
- Pasaccardoa baumii O.Hoffm.
- Pasaccardoa grantii (Benth. ex Oliv.) Kuntze
- Pasaccardoa jeffreyi Wild
- Pasaccardoa procumbens (Lisowski) G.V.Pope
