Loasaceae
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| Loasa vulcanica | |
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| Family: | Loasaceae |
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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.
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.
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
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
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