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.)