| Porophyllum | |
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| Porophyllum gracile in southern Nevada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Tageteae |
| Subtribe: | Pectidinae |
| Genus: | Porophyllum Guett. 1754 not Adans. 1763 |
| Synonyms | |
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Porophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae known commonly as the poreleaf genus.
Poreleaf plants are subshrubs native to the Americas. Their leaves often have large glands that produce aromatic oils and give the plants a strong scent. Many species are used in cooking.
- Species
- Porophyllum amplexicaule - Coahuila, Nuevo León
- Porophyllum angustissimum - Brazil, Argentina
- Porophyllum bahiense - Bahia
- Porophyllum cabrerae - Salta in Argentina
- Porophyllum cacalioides - Philippines
- Porophyllum calcicola - Guerrero, Morelos
- Porophyllum coloratum - Mexico
- Porophyllum crassifolium - Baja California Sur
- Porophyllum filiforme - Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí
- Porophyllum gracile - odora, slender poreleaf - United States (CA NV UT AZ NM TX), Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua
- Porophyllum greggii - United States (TX), Coahuila, Chihuahua
- Porophyllum hasslerianum - Paraguay
- Porophyllum lanceolatum - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Porophyllum leiocarpum - yerba de peo - Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Brazil
- Porophyllum linaria - pipicha - Mexico
- Porophyllum lindenii - Mexico
- Porophyllum linifolium - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Porophyllum maritimum - Baja California Sur
- Porophyllum obscurum - Argentina
- Porophyllum oppositifolium - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
- Porophyllum pausodynum - Sonora
- Porophyllum pringlei - Jalisco, México State, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chiapas, Sinaloa, Morelos, Michoacán
- Porophyllum punctatum - southern Mexico, Central America
- Porophyllum pygmaeum - dwarf poreleaf - United States (NV)
- Porophyllum ruderale - pápalo, Bolivian coriander, quirquiña, yerba porosa - United States (CA AZ NM TX), Mesoamerica, West Indies, South America as far south as Paraguay
- Porophyllum scoparium - Transpecos poreleaf, hierba del venado, jarilla - United States (TX NM), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Durango, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
- Porophyllum tridentatum - Baja California Sur
- Porophyllum viridiflorum - México State, Morelos, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Jalisco
- Porophyllum warnockii - México State
- Porophyllum zimapanum - Hidalgo
- formerly included
see Gynura
- Porophyllum japonicum (Thunb.) DC. - Gynura japonica (Thunb.) Juel
Gallery
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A typical Porophyllum leaf
References
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- Tropicos, search for Porophyllum
- Guettard, Jean Étienne. 1754. Histoire de l'académie royale des sciences. Avec les mémoires de mathématique & de physique 1750: 377–378
- Tropicos, Porophyllum Guett.
- Johnson, R. R. 1969. Monograph of the plant genus Porophyllum (Compositae: Helenieae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48: 225–267.
- Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 233 Porophyllum Guettard
- Biota of North America Program 2013 county range maps
- Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.
External links
Media related to Porophyllum at Wikimedia Commons- USDA Plants Profile
- Jepson Manual Treatment
