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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{automatic taxobox
|image = Loasa vulcanica - Andre.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Loasa vulcanica]]''
|taxon = Loasa
|authority = [[Michel Adanson|Adans.]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text.
}}
'''''Loasa''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Loasaceae]]. The genus contains about 100 species native to [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]].<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Loasa Adans. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:24998-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Kew Science |access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="Britannica"/> Species of ''Loasa'' are prickly [[herb]]s or [[shrub]]s that have [[nettle]]-like stinging hairs.<ref name="Britannica">{{cite web |title=Loasaceae |url=https://www.britannica.com/plant/Loasaceae#ref182748 |website=Britannica}}</ref> Some species of ''Loasa'' are grown as [[ornamental plant]]s and are known as '''Chile nettle'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Loasa (Loasaceae) |url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticulturaldatabase/summary2.asp?crit=Loasa&Genus=Loasa |website=RHS Horticultural Database |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> Its flowers have five yellow petals covering united stamens and distinctive large coloured nectaries. ''[[Caiophora]]'' is a closely related genus that also has stinging hairs and is found on rocky slopes of the [[Andes]].<ref name="Britannica"/>
==Selected Species==
<ref name="POWO"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Loasa Adans. |url=https://www.ipni.org/?q=loasa |website=International Plant Names Index |access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref>
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*''[[Loasa acanthifolia]]'' {{small|Lam.}}
*''[[Loasa acerifolia]]'' {{small|Dombey ex A.Juss.}}
*''[[Loasa argentina]]'' {{small|Urb. & Gilg}}
*''[[Loasa arnottiana]]'' {{small|Gay}}
*''[[Loasa caespitosa]]'' {{small|Phil.}}
*''[[Loasa elongata]]'' {{small|Hook. & Arn.}}
*''[[Loasa elongata]]'' {{small|Hook. & Arn.}}
*''[[Loasa filicifolia]]'' {{small|Poepp.}}
*''[[Loasa floribunda]]'' {{small|Hook. & Arn.}}
*''[[Loasa hastata]]'' {{small|Killip}}
*''[[Loasa heterophylla]]'' {{small|Hook. & Arn.}}
*''[[Loasa humilis]]'' {{small|F.Phil.}}
*''[[Loasa illapelina]]'' {{small|Phil.}}
*''[[Loasa incurva]]'' {{small|R.L.Pérez-Mor. & Crespo}}
*''[[Loasa insons]]'' {{small|Poepp.}}
*''[[Loasa mollensis]]'' {{small|Muñoz-Schick & Trenq.}}
*''[[Loasa multifida]]'' {{small|Gay}}
*''[[Loasa nitida]]'' {{small|Desr.}}
*''[[Loasa pallida]]'' {{small|Gillies ex Arn.}}
*''[[Loasa paradoxa]]'' {{small|Urb. & Gilg}}
*''[[Loasa placei]]'' {{small|Lindl.}}
*''[[Loasa prostrata]]'' {{small|Gillies ex Arn.}}
*''[[Loasa sclareifolia]]'' {{small|Juss.}}
*''[[Loasa sigmoidea]]'' {{small|Urb. & Gilg}}
*''[[Loasa tricolor]]'' {{small|Ker Gawl.}}
*''[[Loasa triloba]]'' {{small|Juss.}}
*''[[Loasa unguiculata]]'' {{small|Urb. & Gilg}}
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==References==
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* {{cite book | author=Pink, A. | url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
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[[Category:Loasaceae]]
[[Category:Cornales genera]]
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