Loasaceae

Loasaceae is a family of 15–20 genera and about 200–260 species of flowering plants in the order Cornales, native to the Americas and Africa. Members of the family include annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, and a few shrubs and small trees.

Loasaceae
Loasa vulcanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Loasaceae
Juss.[1]
Type genus
Loasa
Adans.
Genera

See text

Caiophora

Taxonomy

In the classification system of Dahlgren the Loasaceae were placed in the order Loasales in the superorder Loasiflorae (also called Loasanae). The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system places them in the related order Cornales in the asterid clade.[2]

Subdivision

Genera include:

  • Aosa Weigend (sometimes included in Loasa)
  • Blumenbachia Schrad.
  • Caiophora C. Presl
  • Cevallia Lag.
  • Chichicaste Weigend (sometimes included in Loasa)
  • Eucnide Zucc.
  • Fuertesia Urb.
  • Gronovia L.
  • Huidobria Gay (sometimes included in Loasa)
  • Kissenia R. Br. ex Endl.
  • Klaprothia Kunth
  • Loasa Adans.
  • Mentzelia L.
  • Nasa Weigend (sometimes included in Loasa)
  • Petalonyx A. Gray
  • Plakothira Florence
  • Presliophytum (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend (sometimes included in Loasa)
  • Schismocarpus S. F. Blake
  • Scyphanthus Sweet
  • Xylopodia Weigend

References
  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
  2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385. ISSN 0024-4074.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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