Pluchea

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.
The genus was named for the French naturalist Abbé Noël-Antoine Pluche.
Species
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
Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. - Egypt, Middle East
Pluchea dodonaeifolia (Hook. & Arn.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Bolivia
Pluchea domingensis Klatt - Hispaniola
Pluchea dunlopii Hunger - Australia
Pluchea eupatorioides Kurz - China, Indochina
Pluchea ferdinandi-muelleri Domin - Australia
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
Pluchea rosea R.K.Godfrey - Mexico, Honduras, south-central + southeastern United States
Pluchea rubelliflora (F.Muell.) B.L.Rob. - 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. - Australia
Pluchea tomentosa DC. - India
Pluchea wallichiana DC. - India
Pluchea yucatanensis G.L.Nesom – Yucatán camphorweed - Yucatán Peninsula incl Belize
Formerly included
Allopterigeron filifolius (F.Muell.) Dunlop (as P. filifolia F.Muell.)
Baccharis decussata (Klatt) Hieron. (as P. decussata Klatt)
Cratystylis conocephala (F.Muell.) S.Moore (as P. conocephala (F.Muell.) F.Muell.)
Neurolaena lobata (L.) Cass. (as P. symphytifolia (Mill.) Gillis)
Streptoglossa liatroides (Turcz.) Dunlop (as P. ligulata F.Muell.)
Streptoglossa macrocephala (F.Muell.) Dunlop (as P. macrocephala F.Muell.)
Streptoglossa odora (F.Muell.) Dunlop (as P. odora F.Muell.)
Thespidium basiflorum (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (as P. basiflora F.Muell.)
References
External links
USDA Plants Profile
Jepson Manual Treatment
Asteraceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Henri Cassini