Loasa

Loasa acanthifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cornales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Cornales

Familia: Loasaceae
Genus: Loasa
Species: L. acanthifolia – L. acerifolia – L. arnottiana – L. caespitosa – L. elongata – L. floribunda – L. hastata – L. heterophylla – L. humilis – L. illapelina – L. insons – L. mendocina – L. mollensis – L. multifida – L. nitida – L. pallida – L. paradoxa – L. placei – L. prostrata – L. sclareifolia – L. sigmoidea – L. tricolor – L. triloba – L. unguiculata

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Loasa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July. 29. Reference page.

Name

Loasa Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 501. (1763) et Juss. Gen. 322. (1782)

• Type species: Loasa acanthifolia Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 3(2): 579. (1792)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ortiga Neck. in Elem. Bot. 2: 400 (1790), opus utique oppr.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Adanson, M. 1763. Familles des Plantes. II. partie. (24) + 640 pp. Paris: Vincent. BHL Reference page. : 2: 501.

Additional references

• Acuña-Castillo, R.H., Fließwasser, S., Ackermann, M., Henning, T., Luebert, F. & Weigend, M. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships and generic re‐arrangements in “South Andean Loasas” (Loasaceae). Taxon 66(2): 365–378. DOI: 10.12705/662.5 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Weigend, M. 2006. Validating subfamily, genus and species names in Loasaceae (Cornales). Taxon 55(2): 463–468. DOI: 10.2307/25065594 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Weigend, M., Dostert, N., Henning, T., Schneider, C. & Rodríguez, E.F. 2006. Valid publication for 101 species and subspecies names of the genera Nasa and Aosa (Loasaceae: Cornales). Revista Peruana de Biología 13(1): 71–84. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Loasa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Loasa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Loasa. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 19 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Loasa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan. 2016.

Vernacular names

svenska: Brännrevor

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