Heiseria

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, ETS, and cpDNA, coming to a conclusion that that the genus Viguiera, did not constitute a monophyletic group. Among their conclusions they proposed to reclassify the genus, dividing and relocating its species in at least eleven genera: Aldama, Bahiopsis , Calanticaria , Davilanthus , Dendroviguiera , Gonzalezia, Heliomeris , Heiseria , Hymenostephium , Sidneya , and Viguiera.

The genus name of Heiseria is in honour of Charles Bixler Heiser (1920–2010), an American professor of botany. It was first described and published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Vol.167 on page 327 in 2011.

Known species, according to Kew:
 * Heiseria irmscheriana (Bruns) Mesfin
 * Heiseria pusilla (A.Gray) E.E.Schill. & Panero
 * Heiseria simsioides (S.F.Blake) E.E.Schill. & Panero