
Loasa
Loasa is a genus of ornamental plants in the family Loasaceae. These plants are usually prickly herbs, or subshrubs, and they are native to tropical America.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Loasa triloba
speciesLoasa triloba

Loasa tricolor
speciesLoasa tricolor

Loasa placei
speciesLoasa placei

Loasa acanthifolia
speciesLoasa acanthifolia

Loasa elongata
speciesLoasa elongata

Loasa acerifolia
speciesLoasa acerifolia

Loasa sclareifolia
speciesLoasa sclareifolia

Loasa prostrata
speciesLoasa prostrata

Loasa nitida
speciesLoasa nitida

Loasa floribunda
speciesLoasa floribunda

Loasa mollensis
speciesLoasa mollensis

ortiga caballuna
speciesLoasa insons

Loasa multifida
speciesLoasa multifida

Loasa pallida
speciesLoasa pallida

Loasa illapelina
speciesLoasa illapelina

Loasa sigmoidea
speciesLoasa sigmoidea

Loasa mendocina
speciesLoasa mendocina

Loasa caespitosa
speciesLoasa caespitosa

Loasa rotundifolia
speciesLoasa rotundifolia

Loasa arnottiana
speciesLoasa arnottiana

Loasa heterophylla
speciesLoasa heterophylla

Loasa argentina
speciesLoasa argentina

Loasa urmenetae
speciesLoasa urmenetae
Loasa chrysantha
speciesLoasa chrysantha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59574.