Tessiera

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|synonyms = Diphragmus {{small|C.Presl}}

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Tessiera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.{{cite web |title=Tessiera DC. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35448-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}

It is native to Mexico.

The genus name of Tessiera is in honour of Henri-Alexandre Tessier (1741–1837), a French doctor and agronomist.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}}

It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.4 on page 574 in 1830.