Loasaceae
| Loasaceae | |
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| Loasa vulcanica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Loasaceae Juss.[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Loasa Adans.
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| Genera | |
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Loasaceae is a
herbaceous plants, and a few shrubs and small trees. Members of the subfamily Loasoideae are known to exhibit rapid thigmonastic stamen movement when pollinators are present.[2]
Taxonomy
In the classification system of
Genera
21 genera are accepted:[4]
- Aosa Weigend (sometimes included in Loasa)
- Blumenbachia Schrad.
- Caiophora C.Presl
- Cevallia Lag.
- Eucnide Zucc.
- Fuertesia Urb.
- Grausa Weigend & R.H.Acuña
- Gronovia Houst ex L.
- Huidobria Gay (sometimes included in Loasa)
- Kissenia R.Br. ex Endl.
- Klaprothia Kunth
- Loasa Adans.
- Mentzelia Plum ex L.
- Nasa Weigend (sometimes included in Loasa)
- Petalonyx A.Gray
- Pinnasa Weigend & R.H.Acuña
- Plakothira Florence
- Presliophytum (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend (sometimes included in Loasa)
- Schismocarpus S.F.Blake
- Scyphanthus Sweet
- Xylopodia Weigend
References
- hdl:10654/18083.
- PMID 23603953.
- ISSN 0024-4074.
- ^ Loasaceae Juss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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