Resumen

MUNOZ-SCHICK, MÉLICA  y  DE TRENQUALYE, ALAIN. A new species of Loasa (Loasaceae) from Chile. Gayana Bot. [online]. 2011, vol.68, n.2, pp. 341-344. ISSN 0717-6643.  doi: 10.4067/S0717-66432011000200027.

Loasa mollensis Muñoz-Schick et Trenqualye is described as a new species. It is apparently narrowly endemic to a small area in the coast of the Valparaiso region, central Chile. The species has small yellow flowers and infer rounded capsules containing large seeds.