Tessaria Explained

Tessaria is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]}

Species^[3]

• Tessaria integrifolia Ruiz & Pav. - Panamá, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela,
• Tessaria absinthioides (Hook. & Arn.) DC. - Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil
• Tessaria fastigiata (Griseb.) Cabrera - Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
• Tessaria andina M.Monge, Anderb. & Semir - Bolivia
• Tessaria dodonaeifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Cabrera - Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay

formerly includedseveral species now considered members of Pluchea or Pterocaulon

Notes and References

1. Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 112, t. 24, center
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011422 Tropicos, Tessaria Ruiz & Pav.
3. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=e8c6be51-a8b2-4fab-a918-53d0295bc0d5 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist