# Tonalanthus

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Speciesbox
|genus = Tonalanthus
|parent_authority = [Brandegee](/source/Townshend_Stith_Brandegee)
|display_parents = 3
|species = megacephalus
|authority = ([B.L.Rob.](/source/B.L.Rob.) & [Greenm.](/source/Greenm.)) Pruski
|synonyms =
*''Calea megacephala'' {{small|B.L.Rob. & Greenm. (1896)}} ([basionym](/source/basionym))
*''Calea megacephala'' var. ''pachutlana'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''Tonalanthus aurantiacus'' {{small|Brandegee}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Tonalanthus megacephalus'' (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Pruski |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77336007-1 |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''''Tonalanthus''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae). It contains a single species, '''''Tonalanthus megacephalus''''', a perennial native to [Chiapas](/source/Chiapas) and [Oaxaca](/source/Oaxaca) in southern [Mexico](/source/Mexico).<ref name = powo/><ref name = Pruski>Pruski, J.F. 2023. The new genera ''Laceanthos, Podocalea, Tepuipappus,'' the resurrected genera ''Lemmatium, Meyeria, Tonalanthus'', and other novelties in the ''Calea'' Alliance I. ''Phytoneuron'' 2023-42: 1–171. Published 6 November 2023. ISSN 2153-733X</ref>

==References==
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Category:Monotypic Asteraceae genera
Category:Endemic flora of Mexico
Category:Flora of Chiapas
Category:Flora of Oaxaca
Category:Taxa described in 1914
Category:Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee
Category:Neurolaeneae
Category:Taxa named by Jesse More Greenman

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