Nahuatlea

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
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

Seven species are accepted.^[1]

• Nahuatlea arborescens (Brandegee) V.A.Funk
• Nahuatlea hiriartiana (Villaseñor, Medrano & Medina) V.A.Funk
• Nahuatlea hypoleuca (DC.) V.A.Funk
• Nahuatlea magna (M.C.Johnst. ex Cabrera) V.A.Funk
• Nahuatlea obtusata (S.F.Blake) V.A.Funk
• Nahuatlea purpusii (Brandegee) V.A.Funk
• Nahuatlea smithii (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) V.A.Funk