Pozoa

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

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

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
  1. "Pozoa Lag. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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