Porophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae known commonly as the poreleaf genus.Guettard, Jean Étienne. 1754. Histoire de l'académie royale des sciences. Avec les mémoires de mathématique & de physique 1750: 377–378Tropicos, Porophyllum Guett.
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.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
SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Biota of North America Program 2013 county range mapsTurner, 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. 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
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