Pasaccardoa

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]
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]

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