|
Loasaceae : The Stickleaf or Blazingstar Family To date three species of this family have been collected in the Oapan, San Juan Tetelcingo, and Ameyaltepec area, belonging to the genera, Eucnide (1 species), Gronovia (1 species), and Metzelia (1 species). The following members of this family have been documented in sources consulted on Guerrero flora: Eucnida hirta, Mentzelia aspera, and Mentzelia sinuata. |
List of Loasaceae species collected, with most common Nahuatl names
|
Genus species
|
Ameyaltepec
|
S. Agustín Oapan
|
S. Juan Tetelcingo
|
||
| Eucnide lobata (Hook.) A. Gray | sasa:lik xiwtli | sasa:lik xihtli tlako:tl | (not named) | ||
| Gronovia scandens L. | te:kwa:nxiwtli | te:kwanxihtli de komekatl | te:kwa:nxiwtle | ||
| Metzelia aspera L. | sasa:lik xiwtli | sasa:lik xihtli | sasa:lik xiwtle |