''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the

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Flourensia angustifolia ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' (DC.) S.F.Blake- Peru * ''

Flourensia blakeana ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' M.O.Dillon - Argentina ( Tucuman, Catamarca) * ''

Flourensia cajabambensis ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' M.O.Dillon - Peru * ''

Flourensia campestris ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' Griseb. - Argentina ( La Rioja,

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Flourensia cernua ''Flourensia cernua'' is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the English common names American tarwort and tarbush and the Spanish common names ''hojasé'', ''hojasén'', and ''hoja ancha''. It is native to the Chihuahuan D ...

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Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

, USA ( Texas New Mexico Arizona) * ''

Flourensia collodes ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' (Greenm.) S.F.Blake-

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

, Oaxaca * ''

Flourensia dentata ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' S.F.Blake - Zacatecas * ''

Flourensia fiebrigii ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' S.F.Blake - Argentina, Bolivia * ''

Flourensia glutinosa ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) S.F.Blake - Oaxaca,

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* '' Flourensia heterolepis'' S.F.Blake - Bolivia ( Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), Peru (

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) * '' Flourensia hirta'' S.F.Blake- Argentina ( La Rioja, Catamarca) * ''

Flourensia hirtissima ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' S.F.Blake- Argentina ( Río Negro) * '' Flourensia ilicifolia'' Brandegee-

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Flourensia laurifolia ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

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, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo * ''

Flourensia leptopoda ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' S.F.Blake - Argentina ( La Rioja,

) * '' Flourensia macroligulata'' Seeligm.- Argentina ( Jujuy, Tucuman) * ''

Flourensia macrophylla ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' (A.Gray) S.F.Blake - Peru * ''

Flourensia monticola ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' M.O. Dillon -

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Flourensia niederleinii ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' S.F.Blake- Argentina ( La Rioja) * '' Flourensia oolepis'' S.F.Blake- Argentina ( Catamarca, Córdoba,

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) * '' Flourensia peruviana'' M.O.Dillon- Peru ( Ayacucho, Huancavelica) * ''

Flourensia polycephala ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' M.O.Dillon - Peru ( Apurímac,

) * '' Flourensia polyclada'' S.F.Blake - Argentina * ''

Flourensia pringlei ''Flourensia pringlei'', common name Pringle's tarwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the States of Chihuahua and Durango in northern Mexico, the range extending just barely over the international borde ...

'' (A.Gray) S.F.Blake -

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, New Mexico ( Hidalgo County) * ''

Flourensia pulcherrima ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' M.O.Dillon-

* ''

Flourensia resinosa ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' (Brandegee) S.F.Blake- Hidalgo,

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

* '' Flourensia retinophylla'' S.F.Blake-

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Flourensia riparia ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' Griseb. - Argentina ( Jujuy,

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, Catamarca, Tucuman) * ''

Flourensia solitaria ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' S.F.Blake -

* '' Flourensia suffrutescens'' (R.E.Fr.) S.F.Blake - Argentina ( Jujuy,

) * ''

Flourensia thurifera ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' (Molina) DC. - Chile ( Coquimbo, Santiago, Valparaíso) * ''

Flourensia tortuosa ''Flourensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The genu ...

'' Griseb. - Argentina (

, Catamarca, Tucuman)

References

External links

* * Heliantheae Asteraceae genera {{Heliantheae-stub