Pleurocoronis

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title: "Pleurocoronis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["eupatorieae", "asteraceae-genera", "flora-of-northern-america"] description: "Genus of plants" topic_path: "general/eupatorieae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurocoronis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of plants ::

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Pleurocoronis is a genus of North American shrubs or subshrubs native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. All known members had been considered members of the related genus Hofmeisteria before being moved to Pleurocoronis.

; Species

• Pleurocoronis gentryi (Wiggins) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Baja California, Baja California Sur
• Pleurocoronis laphamioides (Rose) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora
• Pleurocoronis pluriseta (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob. - California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora

References

References

1. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14345796#page/479/mode/1up King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1966. Generic limitations in the ''Hofmeisteria'' complex (Compositae- Eupatoriae). Phytologia 12:465-476]
2. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011767 Tropicos, ''Pleurocoronis'' R.M. King & H. Rob.]
3. link. (2014-11-06)
4. Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 -- Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272.
5. [http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Pleurocoronis%20pluriseta.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map, ''Pleurocoronis pluriseta'' ]

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