| Name | Loasa acanthifolia Desrousseaux |
| Authorship | Desrousseaux |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Loasa Adanson |
| Citation | 1792 Encycl. [Lamarck] 3: 579. 1792 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Loasa acanthifolia Desrousseaux |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |