| 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] | |
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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]