Villasenoria is a genus of Mexican plants in the groundsel tribe within the daisy family.Clark, Bonnie Lynne. 1998. Villasenoria (Asteraceae: Senecioneae): a new genus and combination from Mexico. Sida 18(3): 631–634
The genus is named in honor of Mexican botanist José Luis Villaseñor Ríos.
Species The only known species is Villasenoria orcuttii, native to southern Mexico (States of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas).Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria D.F.
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