Pasaccardoa

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
  • Passacardoa Wild
  • Phyllactinia Benth. ex Oliv. 1873 not Lev. 1851 (a fungus)

Pasaccardoa is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

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

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

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

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