''Heiseria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is native to Peru. Botanists Edward E. Schilling and José Luis Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclear ITS,

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, coming to a conclusion that that the genus ''

Viguiera ''Viguiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The name honours French physician L. G. Alexandre Viguier (1790–1867). It contains around 150 species, which are commonly known as goldeneyes and are native to the New World ...

'' , did not constitute a

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group. Among their conclusions they proposed to reclassify the genus, dividing and relocating its species in at least eleven genera: '' Aldama'' , ''

Bahiopsis ''Bahiopsis'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, with several of the species endemic to the Baja Cali ...

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Calanticaria ''Calanticaria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Its native range is eastern Mexico. Botanists Schilling & Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclear IT ...

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Davilanthus ''Davilanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico. Botanists Schilling & Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclear internal transcri ...

'' , ''Dendroviguiera'' , '' Gonzalezia'', ''

Heliomeris ''Heliomeris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, known generally as false goldeneyes. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico. One species, '' H. obscura'', is separated from the others, endemi ...

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Hymenostephium ''Hymenostephium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes herbs and slender shrubs that occur from Mexico through to Venezuela and north-western Argentina. Description ''Hymenostephium'' is characterized by the re ...

'' , '' Sidneya'' , and ''Viguiera'' . The genus name of ''Heiseria'' is in honour of

Charles Bixler Heiser Charles Bixler Heiser Jr. (1920–2010) was a professor of botany, known as a leading expert on the sunflower genus ''Helianthus''. The Indiana University website gives incorrect years for Heiser's A.B. and M.A. — the years should be 1943 and 19 ...

(1920–2010), an American professor of botany. It was first described and published in

Bot. J. Linn. Soc. The ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' is a scientific journal publishing original papers relating to the taxonomy of all plant groups and fungi, including anatomy, biosystematics, cytology, ecology, ethnobotany, electron microsco ...

Vol.167 on page 327 in 2011. Known species, according to Kew: *'' Heiseria irmscheriana'' *''

Heiseria pusilla ''Heiseria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is native to Peru. Botanists Edward E. Schilling and José Luis Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuc ...

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Heiseria simsioides ''Heiseria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is native to Peru. Botanists Edward E. Schilling and José Luis Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuc ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q43299337 Asteraceae Plants described in 2011 Flora of Peru Asteraceae genera