Diastatea is a genus of plants native to Latin America, mostly in Mexico and Central America but with one species extending southward along the Andes to Argentina. 1. \n* Diastatea costaricensis McVaugh - Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica 2. \n* Diastatea expansa McVaugh - central Mexico 3. \n* Diastatea ghiesbreghtii (Kuntze) E.Wimm - southwestern Mexico 4. \n* Diastatea micrantha (Kunth) McVaugh - widespread from central Mexico to the Jujuy region of northern Argentina 5. \n* Diastatea tenera (A.Gray) McVaugh - southern Mexico and Guatemala 6. \n* Diastatea virgata Scheidw. - southern Mexico