Aosa

Aosa rupestris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cornales
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)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia Regional: Central Americal Costa Rica, Panamá Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Weigend, M. 2006. Validating subfamily, genus and species names in Loasaceae (Cornales). Taxon 55(2): 463–468. DOI: 10.2307/25065594 JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• 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 online. 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 online. 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 online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2020.
• 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. 

Vernacular names

مصرى: اوسا

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