Pozoa

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

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

Distribution

It is native to Argentina and Chile in southern South America.^[1]

Taxonomy

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