Pluchea
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.
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