Nahuatlea is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It includes seven species which range from southern Texas to southern Mexico.[1]

Nahuatlea
Nahuatlea arborescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Gochnatieae
Genus: Nahuatlea
V.A.Funk (2017)
Species[1]

7; see text

The species which constitute genus Nahuatlea were originally placed in genus Gochnatia. It was later discovered that Gochnatia was not monophyletic, and included a number of distinct clades. In 2017 Vicki Funk combined Mexican species of Gochnatia into a new genus Nahuatlea. Funk concluded that the genus is a sister to the Caribbean genus Anastraphia, and their common ancestor originated from South America in a dispersal event, evidenced by the fact that the Mexican Gochnatia (now Nahuatlea) are more morphologically similar to the Andean members of Gochnatia than to Anastraphia.[2]

Species

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Seven species are accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Nahuatlea V.A.Funk. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ Funk, Vicki A.; Sancho, Gisela; Roque, Nadia (2017). "Nahuatlea: a new genus of compositae (Gochnatieae) from North America". PhytoKeys (91): 105–124. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.91.21340. PMC 5769713. PMID 29362548.