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415.0000 Family Loasaceae Juss.; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 5: 21 (1804), nom. cons.
15 genera, ca. 320 spp. Americas, only 2 spp. Africa and 3 spp. Marquesas Isl. Phylogeny: Acuña Castillo (Thesis, 2018) resp. Acuña Castillo et al. (2017)
Species listed in database: 334
= Cevalliaceae Griseb.; Grundr. Syst. Bot. 136 (1854)
= Gronoviaceae A.Juss.; Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. 6: 340 (1845)
415.5014 Genus Caiophora J.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 41., t. 56 (1831)
Distribution: S-America
Species listed in database: 36
= Illairea Lenné & K.Koch; Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 22: 397 (1853)
species :
Caiophora aconquijae Sleumer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 76: 454 (1955)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Tucuman)
85 ARG
species :
Caiophora andina Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 287 (1900)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Caiophora mandoniana Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 299 (1900)
= Loasa heptamera var. chelidonifolia Wedd.; Chlor. Andina 2: 218 (1861)
species :
Caiophora arechavaletae (Urb.) Urb.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 120 (1894)
Distribution: Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay (Montevideo)
84 BRA 85 URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia arechavaletae Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(3): 217 (1889)
species :
Caiophora boliviana Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
Distribution: Bolivia (Tarija); Argentina (Salta)
83 BOL 85 ARG
species :
Caiophora buraeavii Urb. & Gilg ex Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3: 3. 37 (1893)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL PER
species :
Caiophora canarinoides (Lenné & K.Koch) Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Tarija)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Caiophora macrophylla Rusby; Phytologia 1: 67 (1934)
= Illairea canarinoides Lenné & K.Koch; Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten, Ser. 2, 1: 397 (1853)
= Loasa canarinoides (Lenné & K.Koch) Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 281 (1890)
= Loasa canarinoides (Lenné & K.Koch) G.Nicholson; Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 289 (1885)
species :
Caiophora carduifolia J.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 41., t. 42 (1831)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia carduifolia Ball; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 39 (1885)
= Caiophora pauciseta Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18: 93 (1928)
species :
Caiophora cernua (Griseb.) Urb. & Gilg ex Kurtz; Revista Mus. La Plata 5: 829 (1893), et Sert. Cordob. (1893) 11, et in Natürl. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Cordoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia cernua Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 152 (1874)
= Caiophora jorgensenii I.M.Johnst.; Contr. Gray Herb. 70: 80 (1924)
= Caiophora saltensis Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 317 (1901)
= Caiophora spegazzinii Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 312 (1901)
species :
Caiophora chuquisacana Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 322 (1900)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Caiophora kuntzei Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 314 (1900)
species :
Caiophora chuquitensis (Meyen) Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 301 (1900)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Potosí, Tarija); Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta)
83 BOL PER 85 ARG CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia chuquitensis (Meyen) Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 51: t. 6143 (1875)
= Caiophora albiflora (Griseb.) Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
= Caiophora angustisecta Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 300 (1901)
= Caiophora fiebrigii Urb. & Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 470 (1911)
= Caiophora heptamera (Wedd.) Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 121 (1894)
= Caiophora heptamera var. albiflora Griseb.; Symb. Fl. Argent. 139 (1879)
= Caiophora horrida (Britton) Urb. & Gilg ex Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3: 3. 36 (1893)
= Caiophora lorentziana Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 289 (1901)
= Caiophora macrocarpa Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
= Caiophora orbignyana Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
= Caiophora sphaerocarpa Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 296 (1900)
= Caiophora superba Phil.; Anales Mus. Nac., Santiago de Chile 23 (1891)
= Loasa chuquitensis Meyen; Reise Erde 1: 483 (1834)
= Loasa heptamera var. chelidoniifolia Wedd.; Chlor. Andina 2: 218 (1861)
= Loasa heptamera Wedd.; Chlor. Andina 2: 218 (1861)
= Loasa horrida Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 281 (1890), et in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3: 336 (1893)
species :
Caiophora cirsiifolia C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 41., t. 56 (1831)
Distribution: Peru; Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá)
83 PER 85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia punicea G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 62 (1834)
= Blumenbachia sepiaria Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 62 (1834)
= Caiophora cinerea Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 321 (1900)
= Caiophora cymbifera Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 281 (1901)
= Caiophora pachylepis Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 288 (1901)
= Caiophora preslii Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 306 (1901)
= Caiophora sepiaria (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) J.F.Macbr.; Candollea 8: 23 (1940)
= Loasa punicea (G.Don) Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.López; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 16: 416 (1958)
= Loasa sepiaria Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.López; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 16: 420 (1958)
species :
Caiophora clavata Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 308 (1901)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia contorta Griseb.; (non Hook.f.)
= Caiophora tucumana Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 315 (1901)
species :
Caiophora contorta (Desr.) C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 41 (1831)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia contorta (Desr.) Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 100: t. 6134 (1874)
= Blumenbachia contorta (Desr.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hieron.; Pl. Diaph. Fl. Argent. 120 (1882)
= Blumenbachia grandiflora G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 62 (1834), nom. superfl.
= Caiophora aequatoriana Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 313 (1901)
= Caiophora contorta (Desr.) Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894), isonym
= Caiophora grandiflora Weigend & Mark.Ackermann; Arnaldoa 10: 84 (2003), nom. superfl.
= Loasa contorta Desr. ex Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3(2): 579 (1789)
= Loasa physopetala Ruiz & Pav.; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 16: 418 (1958), nom. inval.
species :
Caiophora coronata (Gillies ex Arn.) Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Misc. 3: 327 (1833)
Name: Ortiguilla [Chile]
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Potosí, Tarija); Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, Tucuman); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago)
83 BOL PER 85 ARG CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia coronata (Gillies ex Arn.) Rob.; J. Hort. Pract. Gard. 25: 216 (1873)
= Caiophora absinthiifolia C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 41 (1831)
= Caiophora pycnophylla Urb. & Gilg; Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 76: 274 (1900)
= Loasa coronata Gillies ex Arn.; Edinburgh J. Nat. Geogr. Sci. 3: 274 (1831)
= Loasa pilosa Meyen; Reise Erde 1: 470 (1834)
species :
Caiophora dederichiorum Mark.Ackermann & Weigend; Phytotaxa 110(1): 22 (2013)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Caiophora deserticola Weigend & Mark.Ackermann; Darwiniana 45(1): 58 (2007)
Distribution: Peru; Chile (Tarapacá)
83 PER 85 CLE
species :
Caiophora dumetorum Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 309 (1901)
Distribution: Bolivia (Potosí, Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Tucuman)
83 BOL 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Caiophora clavata var. dumetorum (Urb. & Gilg) Sleumer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 76: 452 (1955)
species :
Caiophora hibiscifolia Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman)
83 BOL 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Loasa hibiscifolia Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 138 (1879)
species :
Caiophora lateritia Klotzsch; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 6: 330 (1838)
Distribution: Java [I]; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Neuquén, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman)
42 jaw 83 BOL 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia lateritia (Klotzsch) Peterm.; Pflanzenreich [Petermann] 724 (1838-1845)
= Caiophora platyphylla Urb. & Gilg; Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 76: 317 (1900)
= Loasa aurantiaca Hemsl.; Handb. Hardy Trees 204 (1873)
= Loasa coccinea Loudon; Encycl. Pl. [Loudon], Suppl. 1: 1246 (1840)
= Loasa lateritia Hook.; Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3632 (1838), nom. illeg.
species :
Caiophora macrantha Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18: 94 (1928)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Caiophora madrequisa Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18: 94 (1928)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Caiophora mollis (Griseb.) Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Tarija); Argentina (Catamarca, La Rioja, Salta)
83 BOL 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Caiophora heptamera var. mollis Griseb.; Pl. Lorentz. 139 (1874)
species :
Caiophora nivalis Lillo; Primera Reun. Nac. Soc. Argent. Ci. Nat. 229 (1919), et ex Descole, O´Donell & Lourteig in Lilloa 4: 48 (1939), descr. ampl.
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman)
85 ARG
species :
Caiophora pedicularifolia Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18: 95 (1928)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Caiophora peduncularis (C.Presl) Weigend & Mark.Ackermann; Arnaldoa 10(1): 78 (2003)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Loasa peduncularis C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 41 (1831)
species :
Caiophora pentlandii (Paxton) G.Don ex Loudon; Encyc. Pl. [Loudon], ed. 2, Suppl. 2: 1438 (1855)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Caiophora lechleri Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894), nom. illeg.
= Loasa pentlandii Paxton; Paxton´s Mag. Bot. 9: 7 (1842)
species :
Caiophora pterosperma (G.Don) Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 324 (1901)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Blumenbachia pterosperma G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 62 (1834)
= Caiophora pavonii Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894) nom. nud.
= Caiophora serropetala J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(5): 179 (1941)
= Caiophora smithii Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 24: 51 (1934)
= Loasa pterosperma (G.Don) Ruiz & Pav.; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 16: 419 (1958), nom. inval.
species :
Caiophora pulchella Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 272 (1901)
Distribution: Argentina (Mendoza, San Juan)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Loasa pulchella (Urb. & Gilg) R.L.Pérez-Mor. & Crespo; Hickenia 2(14): 67 (1992)
= Caiophora pulchella Urb. & Gilg ex Kurtz; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 35: 111 (1894), nomen
species :
Caiophora rosulata (Wedd.) Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
subspecies :
subsp. rosulata
Distribution: Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Caiophora anemonoides Urb. & Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 119 (1894)
= Caiophora rahmeri Phil.; Anales Mus. Nac., Santiago de Chile 23 (1891)
= Loasa rosulata Wedd.; Chlor. Andina 2: 219 (1861)
subspecies :
subsp. taraxacoides (Killip) Weigend & Mark.Ackermann; Darwiniana 45(1): 63 (2007)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Potosí, Tarija); Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman)
83 BOL PER 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Caiophora acanthoides Urb. & Gilg; Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 76: 286 (1900)
= Caiophora taraxacoides Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18: 92 (1928)
species :
Caiophora rusbyana Urb. & Gilg ex Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3(3): 35 (1893)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí)
83 BOL
species :
Caiophora scarlatina Urb. & Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 470 (1911)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL PER
species :
Caiophora sleumeri Slanis, M.C.Perea & A.Grau; Darwiniana, n. s. 4(2): 184 (2016)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Salta, Tucuman)
85 ARG
species :
Caiophora stenocarpa Urb. & Gilg; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 76: 330 (1900)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Caiophora tenuis Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18: 93 (1928)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Caiophora vallegrandensis Slanis & Bulacio; Darwiniana, n. s. 10(1): 272 (2022)
Distribution: Argentina (Jujuy)
85 ARG
species :
Caiophora vargasii Standl. & F.A.Barkley; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 74: 81 (1947)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
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