Tuxtla is a genus of Mesoamerican flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae.[3][4]

Tuxtla pittieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Tuxtla
Villaseñor & Strother
Species:
T. pittieri
Binomial name
Tuxtla pittieri
(Greenm.) Villaseñor & Strother
Synonyms[1][2]

Zexmenia pittieri Greenm.

Species

There is only one known species, Tuxtla pittieri, native to Costa Rica and to the Los Tuxtlas region in the State of Veracruz in eastern Mexico.[1][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ The Plant List, Tuxtla pittieri (Greenm.) Villaseñor & Strother
  3. ^ Villasenor, Jose Luis; Strother, John L. (1989). "Tuxtla, a New Genus for Zexmenia pittieri (Compositae: Heliantheae)". Systematic Botany. 14 (4): 529–540 [f. 2]. doi:10.2307/2418997. JSTOR 2418997.
  4. ^ Tropicos, Tuxtla Villaseñor & Strother
  5. ^ Ibarra Manríquez, G. & S. Sinaca Colín. 1995. Lista florística comentada de la estación de biología tropical "Los Tuxtlas", Veracruz, Mexico. Revista de Biología Tropical 43(1–3): 75–115