Genus of plants
Pluchea is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae . Members of this genus might be known as camphorweeds , plucheas , or less uniquely fleabanes . Some, such as P. carolinensis and P. odorata , are called sourbushes . There are plants of many forms, from annual and perennial herbs to shrubs and trees , and there is variation in the morphology of leaves, flowers, and fruits. [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
The genus was named for the French naturalist Abbé Noël-Antoine Pluche . [ 4]
Species [ 2] [ 7] [ 8] Pluchea arabica (Boiss.) Qaiser & Lack - Yemen, Oman Pluchea arguta Boiss. - 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 bequaertii Robyns -central Africa Pluchea biformis DC. 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 dentex R.Br. ex Benth. - Australia [ 6] Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. - Egypt, Middle East Pluchea dodonaeifolia (Hook. & Arn.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Bolivia Pluchea domingensis Klatt - Hispaniola Pluchea dunlopii Hunger - Australia [ 6] Pluchea eupatorioides Kurz [ 5] - China, Indochina Pluchea ferdinandi-muelleri Domin - Australia [ 6] Pluchea fiebrigii H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Bolivia Pluchea foetida (L.) DC. – stinking camphorweed - southeastern United States, Yucatán Peninsula† Pluchea glutinosa Balf.f. (extinct) Pluchea grevei (Baill.) Humbert - Madagascar Pluchea heterophylla Vatke - 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 lanuginosa C.B.Clarke - India Pluchea laxiflora Hook. & Arn. ex Baker Pluchea linearifolia C.B.Clarke - eastern India Pluchea littoralis Thulin Pluchea lucens Thulin Pluchea lycioides (Hiern) Merxm. - South Africa Pluchea mexicana (R.K.Godfrey) G.L.Nesom - San Luis Potosí Pluchea microcephala R.K.Godfrey - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina Pluchea nogalensis Chiov. - Somalia Pluchea oblongifolia DC. - Brazil Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass. – sweetscent, saltmarsh fleabane - from Ontario 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 pteropoda Hemsl. ex Hemsl - China, Indochina [ 5] Pluchea rosea R.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 sagittalis Less. – wingstem camphorweed - South America, West Indies Pluchea salicifolia (Mill.) S.F.Blake - Mexico, Guatemala Pluchea sarcophylla Chiov. - Somalia Pluchea scabrida DC. - Philippines Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville – arrowweed - southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico Pluchea somaliensis (Thell.) Thulin - Somalia Pluchea sordida (Vatke) Oliv. & Hiern - tropical Africa Pluchea succulenta Mesfin - Somalia Pluchea tertanthera F.Muell. [ 6] - Australia Pluchea tomentosa DC. - India Pluchea wallichiana DC. - India Pluchea yucatanensis G.L.Nesom – Yucatán camphorweed - Yucatán Peninsula incl BelizeFormerly included [ 2] This page is based on this
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