| Porophyllum | |
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| Porophyllum gracile in southern Nevada  | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| 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[1][2]  | 
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[3][4]
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.[5][6]
- 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[1]
 
see Gynura
- Porophyllum japonicum (Thunb.) DC. - Gynura japonica (Thunb.) Juel
 
Gallery
A typical Porophyllum leaf
References
- 1 2 3 4 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
 
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