Passovia

Passovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Its native range is south-eastern Mexico to Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles and the Windward Islands.

The genus name of Passovia is in honour of Friedrich Passow (19th century), the German consul in Puerto Cabello in Venezuela. He was also a member of Rostock's naturalist society. It was first described and published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) Vol.4 on page 107 in 1846.

Known species
According to Kew:
 * Passovia beckii Kuijt
 * Passovia biloba Kuijt
 * Passovia bisexualis (Rizzini) Kuijt
 * Passovia brasiliana Kuijt
 * Passovia coarctata (A.C.Sm.) Kuijt
 * Passovia cordata Kuijt
 * Passovia diffusa Kuijt
 * Passovia disjectifolia (Rizzini) Kuijt
 * Passovia ensifera Kuijt
 * Passovia myrsinites (Eichler) Tiegh.
 * Passovia ovata (Pohl ex DC.) Tiegh.
 * Passovia pedunculata (Jacq.) Kuijt
 * Passovia podoptera (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuijt
 * Passovia pycnostachya (Eichler) Tiegh.
 * Passovia pyrifolia (Kunth) Tiegh.
 * Passovia robusta (Rusby) Kuijt
 * Passovia rufa (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Tiegh.
 * Passovia santaremensis (Eichler) Tiegh.
 * Passovia subtilis Kuijt
 * Passovia theloneura (Eichler) Tiegh.