Tuxtla (plant)

Tuxtla pittieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Tuxtla Villaseñor & Strother
Species:	T. pittieri
Binomial name
*Tuxtla pittieri* (Greenm.) Villaseñor & Strother
Synonyms
Zexmenia pittieri Greenm.

Tuxtla is a genus of Mesoamerican flowering plants, in the sunflower family.

There is only one known species, Tuxtla pittieri, native to Costa Rica and to the Los Tuxtlas region in the State of Veracruz in eastern Mexico.