Name:		Loasaceae Dumort. [basionym]
Status:		Family
Taxonomic position:		Violales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subfamilies / Genera Acrolasia Ancyrostemma Aosa Bicuspidaria Blumenbachia Schrader Caiophora C. Presl Cajophora Cevallia Lagasca Chichicaste Chrysostoma Cnidone Creolobus Eucnide Zucc. Fissenia R. Br. ex Endl. Fuertesia Urban Grammatocarpus Gripidea Gronovia L. Hesperaster Huidobria Illairea Kissenia T. Anderson Klaprothia Kunth Loasa Adans. Loasella Mentzelia L. Microsperma Nasa Ochetocarpus Petalonyx A. Gray Plakothira Presliophytum Raphisanthe Saloa Schismocarpus S.F. Blake Sclerothrix C. Presl Scyphanthus D. Don Sympetaleia A. Gray Touterea Trachyphytum Xylopodia
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]