Loasaceae

Taxobox
name = Loasaceae


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Loasa vulcanica"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Cornales
familia = Loasaceae
familia_authority = Juss.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

The 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. The family comprises annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, and a few shrubs and small trees.

;Genera
*"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

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?665 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Loasaceae]
* [http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/PIC_LOASACEAE.php Chilean Loasaceae in Chileflora, seed provider ]