flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the tribe
Inuleae
Inuleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the subfamily Asteroideae.
Genera
Inuleae genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of April 2022:
*''Adelostigma''
*''Allagopappus''
*''Allopterigeron''
*'' Amblyocarpum''
*'' Antiphi ...
within the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. Members of this genus might be known as camphorweeds, plucheas, or less uniquely
fleabane Fleabane is a common name for some flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Most are in the subfamily Asteroideae:
* ''Conyza'' (butterweeds or horseweeds: Astereae)
* ''Erigeron'' (Astereae)
* ''Inula'' ("yellowheads": Inuleae)
* ''Pluchea'' (ca ...
s. Some, such as ''P. carolinensis'' and ''P. odorata'', are called sourbushes. There are plants of many forms, from annual and perennial herbs to
shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
s and
tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...
s, and there is variation in the
morphology
Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to:
Disciplines
*Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts
*Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, ...
Revista Latinoamericana de Química
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Noël-Antoine Pluche Noël-Antoine Pluche (13 November 1688 – 19 November 1761), known as the abbé Pluche, was a French priest. He is now known for his ''Spectacle de la nature'', a most popular work of natural history.
Pluche, son of a baker, was born in Reims, i ...
Pluchea arabica
''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 ca ...
'' (Boiss.) Qaiser & Lack - Yemen, Oman
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Pluchea arguta
''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 ca ...
'' Boiss. - India, Iran
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Pluchea baccharis
''Pluchea baccharis'', commonly called rosy camphorweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the coastal plain of the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Bahamas. It is found in wet s ...
'' (Mill.) Pruski – rosy camphorweed - southeastern United States, Bahamas, Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Central America
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Pluchea baccharoides
''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 ca ...
Pluchea camphorata
''Pluchea camphorata'', known as camphorweed or marsh-fleabane, is a small flowering herbaceous annual plant of the family Asteraceae.
Description
''Pluchea camphorata'' is a small herbaceous plant that grows approximately tall, with blooms o ...
'' (L.) DC. – camphor pluchea - eastern + central United States, Mexico
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Pluchea carolinensis
''Pluchea carolinensis'' is a plant in the genus ''Pluchea''.
Description
''Pluchea carolinensis'' is a plant from the genus ''Pluchea'', the species was first described by the Scottish Botanist George Don. It is a shrub that can grow up to 2.5m ...
'' (Jacq.) G.Don – cure-for-all - Latin America, West Indies,
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Pluchea chingoyo
''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 ca ...
'' (Kunth) DC. - Peru, Chile
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Pluchea dentex
''Pluchea dentex'' is a plant in the Asteraceae family, first described in 1867 by George Bentham, from specimens collected in Queensland by Robert Brown at Broad Sound and Thirsty Sound, by Ferdinand von Mueller at the source of the Gilbert ...
'' R.Br. ex Benth. - Australia
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Pluchea dioscoridis
''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 ca ...
'' (L.) DC. - Egypt, Middle East
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Pluchea dodonaeifolia
''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 ca ...
Pluchea domingensis
''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 ca ...
'' Klatt -
Hispaniola
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Pluchea dunlopii
''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 ca ...
'' Hunger - Australia
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Pluchea eupatorioides
''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 ca ...
'' Kurz - China,
Indochina
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Pluchea fiebrigii
''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 ca ...
'' H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Bolivia
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Pluchea foetida
''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 ca ...
Balf.f.
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Pluchea indica
''Pluchea indica'' is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. Its common names include Indian camphorweed, Indian fleabane, and Indian pluchea.
'' (L.) Less. – Indian camphorweed, Indian fleabane - India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia
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Pluchea kelleri
''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 ca ...
'' (Thell.) Thulin - Somalia
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Pluchea lanceolata
''Pluchea lanceolata'', the rasna or rasana, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the ...
'' (DC.) Oliv. & Hiern - India, Afghanistan, parts of western Africa
* '' Pluchea lanuginosa'' C.B.Clarke - India
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Pluchea laxiflora
''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 ca ...
'' Hook. & Arn. ex Baker
* '' Pluchea linearifolia'' C.B.Clarke - eastern India
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Pluchea littoralis
''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 ca ...
'' Thulin
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Pluchea lucens
''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 ca ...
'' Thulin
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Pluchea lycioides
''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 ca ...
'' (Hiern) Merxm. - South Africa
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Pluchea mexicana
''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 ca ...
'' (R.K.Godfrey) G.L.Nesom -
San Luis Potosí
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Pluchea nogalensis
''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 ca ...
Ontario
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to Bolivia
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Pluchea ovalis
''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 ca ...
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Pluchea polygonata
''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 ca ...
'' (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
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Pluchea rufescens
''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 ca ...
'' (DC.) A.J.Scott -
Mauritius
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Pluchea sarcophylla
''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 ca ...
Pluchea sericea
''Pluchea sericea'', commonly called arrowweed or ''cachanilla'' (Mexico), is a rhizomatous evergreen shrub of riparian areas in the lower Sonoran Desert and surrounding areas. It is common in the lower Colorado River valley of California, Nevada ...
Pluchea tomentosa
''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 ca ...
'' DC. - India
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Pluchea wallichiana
''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 ca ...
'' DC. - India
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Pluchea yucatanensis
''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 ca ...
Allopterigeron filifolius
''Allopterigeron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1981.
There is only one known species, ''Allopterigeron filifolius'', endemic to Australia. It is known from Queensland and Northern Territory
Th ...
Baccharis decussata
''Baccharis'' is a genus of perennials and shrubs in the aster family (Asteraceae). They are commonly known as baccharises but sometimes referred to as "brooms", because many members have small thin leaves resembling the true brooms. They are ...
Cratystylis conocephala
''Cratystylis conocephala'', the blue bush daisy, blue bush, grey bush, and round leaved greybush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southeast Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. It ...
Streptoglossa liatroides
''Streptoglossa liatroides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a low, spreading or upright perennial herb with pink or red to purple flowers. It grows in South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and the No ...
Streptoglossa macrocephala
''Streptoglossa macrocephala'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a spreading or upright perennial herb with pink to purple flowers. It grows in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Description ...
Streptoglossa odora
''Streptoglossa odora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a spreading, perennial herb with pink or bluish-purple flowers. It grows in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Description
''Strepto ...