Loasaceae Juss.

First published in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 5: 21. 1804 (as "Loaseae") (1804)
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Neotropikey

  • Ackermann M., Achatz, M. & Weigend, M. (2008). Hybridization and crossability in Caiophora (Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae): Are interfertile species and inbred populations results of a recent radiation? Am.  J.  Botany 95: 1109-1121.
  • Ackermann, M. & Weigend, M. (2006). Nectar, Floral Morphology and Pollination Syndrome in Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae (Cornales). Annals of Botany. 98: 503-514.
  • Ackermann, M. & Weigend, M. (2007). Notes on the genus Caiophora C.Presl (Loasoideae, Loasaceae) in Chile and neighbouring Peru. Darwiniana 45(1): 45-67.
  • Aitzetmüller, K., L. Brühl & Weigend, M. (2004). Seed Oil FA of Loasaceae - a New Source of  -Linolenic and Stearidonic Acid. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society (JAOCS) 81: 259-263.
  • Darlington, J. (1934). A monograph of Mentzelia. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 103--226.
  • Davis W.S., & Thompson, H.J. (1975). A revision of Petalonyx (Loasaceae) with a consideration of affinities in subfamily Gronovioideae. Madroño 19: 1--18.
  • Dostert, N., & Weigend, M. (1999). A synopsis of the Nasa triphylla complex (Loasaceae), including some new species and subspecies. Harvard Pap. Bot. 4: 439--467.
  • Gilg, W. (1925): Loasaceae. In: Engler, A. and Prantl, K. (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien ed. 2., 21: 522--543. Leipzig: W. Engelmann.
  • Grau, J. (1997). Huidobria, eine isolierte Gattung der Loasaceae aus Chile. Sendtnera 4: 77--93.
  • Moody, M.L., Hufford, L., Douglas E. Soltis, D.E. & Soltis P.S. (2001). Phylogenetic relationships of Loasaceae subfamily Gronovioideae inferred from matK and ITS sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 88: 326-336.
  • Rodríguez-R., E. F. & Weigend, M. (2007). Loasaceae endémicas del Perú. Pp. 391-402 in B. León, J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. Pitman, P. Jørgensen & A. Cano (eds.). El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia Número especial 13 (2): 391-402.
  • Thompson, H.J., & Ernst, W.R. (1975). Floral biology and systematis of Eucnide (Loasaceae). J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 56-88.
  • Weigend, M. & Gottschling, M. (2006) Evolution of funnel-revolver flowers and ornithophily in Nasa (Loasaceae). Plant Biology 8: 120-142.
  • Weigend, M. (2000). 132. Loasaceae. In: Harling, G., Andersson, L. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador  64: 1-92.
  • Weigend, M. (2001). Loasaceae. In: Bernal, R.  & Forero, E. (eds.): Flora de Colombia Vol. 22: 1-100. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Sta Fé de Bogotá.
  • Weigend, M. (2003). Loasaceae. In: K. Kubitzki & C. Bayer (eds.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 239-254.
  • Weigend, M. (2003). Loasaceae. In: N. Smith, S.A. Mori, A. Henderson, D.W. Stevenson S.V. & Heald (eds.), Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.: 217-219.
  • Weigend, M. (2004). Four New Species of Nasa ser. Alatae (Loasaceae) in the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone of Peru. NOVON 14: 134-146.
  • Weigend, M. (2006). Validating subfamily, genus and species names in Loasaceae (Cornales). Taxon 55: 463-468.
  • Weigend, M. (2007). Systematics of the genus Mentzelia (Loasaceae) in South America, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 94(3): 655-689.
  • Weigend, M., Aitzetmüller, K. & Bruehl, L. (2004). The seeds of Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae (Cornales) I: Seed release, seed numbers and fatty acid composition. FLORA 199: 424-436.
  • Weigend, M., Hoot, S., Gottschling, M. & Ackermann, M. (2004). A Preliminary Phylogeny of Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae Based on trnL(UAA) Sequence Data and its Relation to Systematics and Historical Biogeography. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 4: 73-90.
  • Weigend, M., Kufer, J., & Mueller, A.A. (2000). Phytochemistry and the systematics and ecology of Loasaceae and Gronoviaceae (Loasales). Amer. J. Bot. 87: 1202-1210.
  • Weigend, M., T. Henning & Schneider, C. (2003). A revision of Nasa Ser. Carunculatae (Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae). Systematic Botany 29: 765-781.
  • Wittmann, D., & Schlindwein C. (1995). Melittophilous plants, their pollen and flower visiting bees in southern Brazil. 1. Loasaceae. Biociências (Porto Alegre) 3: 19-34.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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