What is "pluchea"

Pluchea is a genus of flowering plants in the stinkwort tribe within the sunflower family.

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.

1. Pluchea arabica (Boiss.) Qaiser & Lack - Yemen, Oman
2. Pluchea arguta Boiss. - India, Iran
3. Pluchea baccharis (Mill.) Pruski – rosy camphorweed - southeastern United States, Bahamas, Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Central America
4. Pluchea baccharoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - Australia
5. Pluchea bequaertii Robyns -central Africa
6. Pluchea biformis DC.
7. Pluchea bojeri (DC.) Humbert - Madagascar
8. Pluchea camphorata (L.) DC. – camphor pluchea - eastern + central United States, Mexico
9. Pluchea carolinensis (Jacq.) G.Don – cure-for-all - Latin America, West Indies, Florida
10. Pluchea chingoyo (Kunth) DC. - Peru, Chile
11. Pluchea dentex R.Br. ex Benth. - Australia
12. Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. - Egypt, Middle East
13. Pluchea dodonaeifolia (Hook. & Arn.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Bolivia
14. Pluchea domingensis Klatt - Hispaniola
15. Pluchea dunlopii Hunger - Australia
16. Pluchea eupatorioides Kurz - China, Indochina
17. Pluchea ferdinandi-muelleri Domin - Australia
18. Pluchea fiebrigii H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Bolivia
19. Pluchea foetida (L.) DC. – stinking camphorweed - southeastern United States, Yucatán Peninsula
20. † Pluchea glutinosa Balf.f. ( extinct)
21. Pluchea grevei (Baill.) Humbert - Madagascar
22. Pluchea heterophylla Vatke - tropical Africa
23. Pluchea hirsuta (L.) Less. - India
24. Pluchea indica (L.) Less. – Indian camphorweed, Indian fleabane - India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia
25. Pluchea kelleri (Thell.) Thulin - Somalia
26. Pluchea lanceolata (DC.) Oliv. & Hiern - India, Afghanistan, parts of western Africa
27. Pluchea lanuginosa C.B.Clarke - India
28. Pluchea laxiflora Hook. & Arn. ex Baker
29. Pluchea linearifolia C.B.Clarke - eastern India
30. Pluchea littoralis Thulin
31. Pluchea lucens Thulin
32. Pluchea lycioides (Hiern) Merxm. - South Africa
33. Pluchea mexicana (R.K.Godfrey) G.L.Nesom - San Luis Potosí
34. Pluchea microcephala R.K.Godfrey - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina
35. Pluchea nogalensis Chiov. - Somalia
36. Pluchea oblongifolia DC. - Brazil
37. Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass. – sweetscent, saltmarsh fleabane - from Ontario to Bolivia
38. Pluchea ovalis (Pers.) DC. - Arabian Peninsula, Morocco
39. Pluchea parvifolia (A.Gray) R.K.Godfrey - Baja California
40. Pluchea polygonata (DC.) Gagnep. - India, Indochina
41. Pluchea pteropoda Hemsl. ex Hemsl - China, Indochina
42. Pluchea rosea R.K.Godfrey - Mexico, Honduras, south-central + southeastern United States
43. Pluchea rubelliflora (F.Muell.) B.L.Rob. - Australia
44. Pluchea rufescens (DC.) A.J.Scott - Mauritius
45. Pluchea sagittalis Less. – wingstem camphorweed - South America, West Indies
46. Pluchea salicifolia (Mill.) S.F.Blake - Mexico, Guatemala
47. Pluchea sarcophylla Chiov. - Somalia
48. Pluchea scabrida DC. - Philippines
49. Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville – arrowweed - southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico
50. Pluchea somaliensis (Thell.) Thulin - Somalia
51. Pluchea sordida (Vatke) Oliv. & Hiern - tropical Africa
52. Pluchea succulenta Mesfin - Somalia
53. Pluchea tertanthera F.Muell. - Australia
54. Pluchea tomentosa DC. - India
55. Pluchea wallichiana DC. - India
56. Pluchea yucatanensis G.L.Nesom – Yucatán camphorweed - Yucatán Peninsula incl Belize

• 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.)