{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Tessa161.JPG |image_caption = ''[[Tessaria absinthioides]]'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Tessaria |authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón Jiménez|Pav.]] |type_species = ''[[Tessaria integrifolia]]''<ref>lectotype designated by Cabrera, Fl. Patagonica 7: 99 (1971)</ref><ref name=w/> |type_species_authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón Jiménez|Pav.]] |synonyms_ref = <ref name=h/> |synonyms = * ''Phalacromesus'' <small>Cass.</small> * ''Polypappus'' <small>Nutt.</small> * ''Monophalacrus'' <small>Cass.</small> * ''Gynheteria'' <small>Willd.</small> }}
'''''Tessaria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[South America]]n plants in the tribe [[Inuleae]] within the family [[Asteraceae]].<ref>Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 112, t. 24, center</ref><ref name=w>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011422 Tropicos, ''Tessaria'' Ruiz & Pav.]</ref>
; Species<ref name="h">[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=e8c6be51-a8b2-4fab-a918-53d0295bc0d5 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150117170058/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=e8c6be51-a8b2-4fab-a918-53d0295bc0d5 |date=2015-01-17 }}</ref> * ''[[Tessaria integrifolia]]'' <small>[[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón Jiménez|Pav.]]</small> - [[Paraguay|Panamá]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]], [[Brazil]], [[Venezuela]], * ''[[Tessaria absinthioides]]'' <small>([[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]] & [[George Arnott Walker Arnott|Arn.]]) DC.</small> - [[Chile]], [[Argentina]], [[Uruguay]], [[Paraguay]], [[Brazil]] * ''[[Tessaria fastigiata]]'' <small>(Griseb.) [[Ángel Cabrera (naturalist)|Cabrera]]</small> - [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Argentina]] * ''[[Tessaria andina]]'' <small>M.Monge, Anderb. & Semir</small> - [[Bolivia]] * ''[[Tessaria dodonaeifolia]]'' <small>([[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]] & [[George Arnott Walker Arnott|Arn.]]) [[Ángel Cabrera (naturalist)|Cabrera]]</small> - [[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] ; ; formerly included<ref name="h" /> several species now considered members of ''[[Pluchea]]'' or ''[[Pterocaulon]]''
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[[Category:Inuleae]] [[Category:Asteraceae genera]] [[Category:Flora of Southern America]] [[Category:Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez]] [[Category:Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López]]
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