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Pectis
Sign in to savePectis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.
Species
Genus
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderTrachymedusae
- FamilyRhopalonematidae
Habitatmarine
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 598
- With media
- 316
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- GH, FC-UNAM, INECOL, RSA, UNM, IBUNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Guatemala, Honduras
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Asteraceae
- Image
- Pectis papposa var papposa 4.jpg
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- Pectis
- taxon name
- Pectis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pectis
- taxon common name
- 梳齿菊属
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Pectis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.
The name is derived from the Latin word pecten, meaning "comb." It refers to the marginally-bristled leaves or the pappus form. These plants vary in appearance but they usually bear yellow daisy-like flower heads. Members of the genus are known generally as cinchweeds (current usage) or chinchweeds (older name).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pectis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.