Tessaria is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae.Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 112, t. 24, centerTropicos, Tessaria Ruiz & Pav.
SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist 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 included several species now considered members of Pluchea or Pterocaulon
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