''Fuertesia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family

Loasaceae Loasaceae is a family of 15–20 genera and about 200–260 species of flowering plants in the order Cornales, native to the Americas and Africa. Members of the family include annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, and a few shrubs ...

. It has only one currently accepted species, ''Fuertesia domingensis'', native to Hispaniola. It is a woody climbing liana.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q16387073, from2=Q728930 Loasaceae Cornales genera Flora of Hispaniola Monotypic asterid genera Plants described in 1911