Aosa

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Cornales

Familia: Loasaceae
Genus: Aosa
Species: A. gilgiana – A. grandis – A. parviflora – A. plumieri – A. rupestris – A. sigmoidea – A. uleana
Name

Aosa Weigend, Taxon 55(2): 464. (2006)

Type species: Aosa parviflora (Schrad. ex DC.) Weigend, Taxon 55(2): 464. (2006)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Chichicaste Weigend, Taxon 55(2): 464 (-465) (2006)

References

Weigend, M. 2006. Validating subfamily, genus and species names in Loasaceae (Cornales). Taxon 55(2): 463–468. DOI: 10.2307/25065594 Paywall JSTOR Reference page.
Acuña, R., Chinchilla, I.F. & Weigend, M. 2018. An unusual disjunction in Loasaceae: Central American Chichicaste grandis is nested in Brazilian Aosa. Phytotaxa 365(3): 273-287. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.365.3.5 Paywall Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Aosa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 6. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Aosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Aosa. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 6 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Aosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 6.
Weigend, M., Dostert, N., Henning, T., Schneider, C. & Rodríguez, E.F. 2006. Valid publication for 101 species and subspecies names of the genera Nasa and Aosa (Loasaceae: Cornales). Revista Peruana de Biología 13(1): 71-84. PDF Reference page.

Aosa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loasaceae.[1]

Its native range is Caribbean, Central America to Colombia, Brazil.[1]

Species:[1]

Aosa gilgiana (Urb.) Weigend
Aosa grandis (Standl.) R.H.Acuña & Weigend
Aosa parviflora (Schrad. ex DC.) Weigend
Aosa plumieri (Urb.) Weigend
Aosa rupestris (Gardner) Weigend
Aosa sigmoidea Weigend

References

"Aosa Weigend | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 March 2021.