''Flourensia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of flowering plants in the family

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. It contains subshrubs and shrubs, which are commonly known as tarworts. They are found in the

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, and

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. The genus name honours French physiologist

Jean Pierre Flourens Marie Jean Pierre Flourens (13 April 1794 – 6 December 1867), father of Gustave Flourens, was a French physiologist, the founder of experimental brain science, and a pioneer in anesthesia. Biography Flourens was born at Maureilhan, near Béziers ...

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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 ...

'' DC. – American tarwort, tarbush -

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, USA (

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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-

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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 ...

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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'' 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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, Hidalgo * '' Flourensia leptopoda'' S.F.Blake - Argentina ( La Rioja,

) * '' Flourensia macroligulata'' Seeligm.- Argentina (

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, Tucuman) * '' Flourensia macrophylla'' (A.Gray) S.F.Blake - Peru * '' Flourensia monticola'' M.O. Dillon -

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

San Luis San Luis (Spanish for "Saint Louis") may refer to: Places Argentina * San Luis Province * San Luis, Argentina, capital of San Luis Province Belize * San Luis, Belize, in Orange Walk District Colombia * San Luis, Antioquia, a town and municipality ...

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

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, Huancavelica) * '' Flourensia polycephala'' 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 -

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

( Hidalgo County) * '' Flourensia pulcherrima'' M.O.Dillon-

* '' Flourensia resinosa'' (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-

* '' Flourensia riparia'' Griseb. - Argentina (

Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...

, Catamarca, Tucuman) * '' Flourensia solitaria'' S.F.Blake -

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

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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 Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

Valparaíso Valparaíso (; ) is a major city, seaport, naval base, and educational centre in the commune of Valparaíso, Chile. "Greater Valparaíso" is the second largest metropolitan area in the country. Valparaíso is located about northwest of Santiago ...

) * '' Flourensia tortuosa'' Griseb. - Argentina (

, Catamarca, Tucuman)

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* * Heliantheae Asteraceae genera {{Heliantheae-stub