Genus of plants
Pluchea is a genus offlowering plants in the tribeInuleae within the familyAsteraceae. Members of this genus might be known ascamphorweeds,plucheas, or less uniquelyfleabanes. Some, such asP. carolinensis andP. odorata, are calledsourbushes. There are plants of many forms, from annual and perennial herbs toshrubs andtrees, and there is variation in themorphology of leaves, flowers, and fruits.[3][4][5][6]
The genus was named for the French naturalist AbbéNoël-Antoine Pluche.[4]
- Species[2][7][8]
- Pluchea arabica(Boiss.) Qaiser & Lack - Yemen, Oman
- Pluchea argutaBoiss. - India, Iran
- Pluchea baccharis(Mill.) Pruski – rosy camphorweed - southeastern United States, Bahamas, Cuba,Yucatán Peninsula, Central America
- Pluchea baccharoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - Australia
- Pluchea bequaertiiRobyns -central Africa
- Pluchea biformisDC.
- Pluchea bojeri(DC.) Humbert - Madagascar
- Pluchea camphorata(L.) DC. – camphor pluchea - eastern + central United States, Mexico
- Pluchea carolinensis(Jacq.) G.Don – cure-for-all - Latin America, West Indies,Florida
- Pluchea chingoyo(Kunth) DC. - Peru, Chile
- Pluchea dentexR.Br. ex Benth. - Australia[6]
- Pluchea dioscoridis(L.) DC. - Egypt, Middle East
- Pluchea dodonaeifolia(Hook. & Arn.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Bolivia
- Pluchea domingensisKlatt -Hispaniola
- Pluchea dunlopiiHunger - Australia[6]
- Pluchea eupatorioidesKurz[5] - China,Indochina
- Pluchea ferdinandi-muelleriDomin - Australia[6]
- Pluchea fiebrigiiH.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Bolivia
- Pluchea foetida(L.) DC. – stinking camphorweed - southeastern United States, Yucatán Peninsula
- †Pluchea glutinosaBalf.f. (extinct)
- Pluchea grevei(Baill.) Humbert - Madagascar
- Pluchea heterophyllaVatke - tropical Africa
- Pluchea hirsuta(L.) Less. - India
- Pluchea indica(L.) Less. – Indian camphorweed, Indian fleabane - India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia
- Pluchea kelleri(Thell.) Thulin - Somalia
- Pluchea lanceolata(DC.) Oliv. & Hiern - India, Afghanistan, parts of western Africa
- Pluchea lanuginosaC.B.Clarke - India
- Pluchea laxifloraHook. & Arn. ex Baker
- Pluchea linearifoliaC.B.Clarke - eastern India
- Pluchea littoralisThulin
- Pluchea lucensThulin
- Pluchea lycioides(Hiern) Merxm. - South Africa
- Pluchea mexicana(R.K.Godfrey) G.L.Nesom -San Luis Potosí
- Pluchea microcephalaR.K.Godfrey - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina
- Pluchea nogalensisChiov. - Somalia
- Pluchea oblongifoliaDC. - Brazil
- Pluchea odorata(L.) Cass. – sweetscent, saltmarsh fleabane - fromOntario to Bolivia
- Pluchea ovalis(Pers.) DC. - Arabian Peninsula, Morocco
- Pluchea parvifolia(A.Gray) R.K.Godfrey -Baja California
- Pluchea polygonata(DC.) Gagnep. - India, Indochina
- Pluchea pteropodaHemsl. ex Hemsl - China, Indochina[5]
- Pluchea roseaR.K.Godfrey - Mexico, Honduras, south-central + southeastern United States
- Pluchea rubelliflora(F.Muell.) B.L.Rob.[6] - Australia
- Pluchea rufescens(DC.) A.J.Scott -Mauritius
- Pluchea sagittalisLess. – wingstem camphorweed - South America, West Indies
- Pluchea salicifolia(Mill.) S.F.Blake - Mexico, Guatemala
- Pluchea sarcophyllaChiov. - Somalia
- Pluchea scabridaDC. - Philippines
- Pluchea sericea(Nutt.) Coville – arrowweed - southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico
- Pluchea somaliensis(Thell.) Thulin - Somalia
- Pluchea sordida(Vatke) Oliv. & Hiern - tropical Africa
- Pluchea succulentaMesfin - Somalia
- Pluchea tertantheraF.Muell.[6] - Australia
- Pluchea tomentosaDC. - India
- Pluchea wallichianaDC. - India
- Pluchea yucatanensisG.L.Nesom – Yucatán camphorweed - Yucatán Peninsula incl Belize
- Formerly included[2]
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