Tehuasca

Tehuasca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Gochnatioideae
Tribe: Gochnatieae
Genus: Tehuasca
Panero
Species:
T. magna
Binomial name
Tehuasca magna
(M.C.Johnst.) Panero
Synonyms[1]
  • Gochnatia magna M.C.Johnst.
  • Nahuatlea magna (M.C.Johnst. ex Cabrera) V.A.Funk

Tehuasca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes a single species, Tehuasca magna, a shrub or small tree native to eastern Mexico.[1][2] it grows two to five meters tall with broadly ovate leaves, and is native to seasonally-dry xerophytic and moist forests.[2]

The species was first described as Gochnatia magna by Marshall Conring Johnston in 1971. In 2019 José L. Panero placed it in the newly described monotypic genus Tehuasca.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tehuasca magna (M.C.Johnst.) Panero". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b Jose L. Panero "Generic Relationships in Gochnatioideae (Asteraceae) Including Tehuasca, a New Genus from Northeastern Mexico," Lundellia, 22(1), 1-10, (9 December 2019)