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
