Loasaceae

This list of genera was made in June 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb) and Acuña-Castillo et al. 2025. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.

All genera (accepted genera in bold)Stored underSynonyms included
Aosa Weigend Chichicaste Weigend
Blumenbachia Schrad.
Caiophora C.Presl
Cevallia Lag.
Chichicaste WeigendAosa Weigend
Eucnide Zucc.
Grausa Weigend & R.H.Acuña (prev. under Loasa Adans.)
Gronovia Houst. ex L.
Huidobria Gay
Kissenia R.Br. ex Endl.
Klaprothia Kunth
Loasa Adans.
Mentzelia Plum. ex L.
Nasa Weigend
Petalonyx A.Gray
Pinnasa Weigend & R.H.Acuña (prev. under Loasa Adans.)
Plakothira J.Florence
Presliophytum (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend
Prosa R.H.Acuña & Weigend (prev. under Huidobria Gay)
Scyphanthus D.Don
Xylopodia Weigend

References

  • Acuña-Castillo, R., Böhnert, T., Jeiter, J. and Weigend, M. (2025), Resolving the early-diverging clades of Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae – Segregating the new genus Prosa from the Atacama Desert genus Huidobria. TAXON, 74: 101-116. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13289
  • Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].

Foto: Prosa R.H.Acuña & Weigend © Lara Iaboli