Pectis

Pectis
Pectis papposa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Tageteae
Genus:	Pectis L.
Species
85 - See text.

Pectis is a genus of plants in the daisy family known generally as cinchweeds in current usage. Older books call them "chinchweeds." ^[1] Pectis is native to the Americas, including the Caribbean. These plants vary in appearance but they usually bear yellow daisylike flowers.

Selected species:

• Pectis angustifolia - lemonscented cinchweed
• Pectis carthusianorum - Caribbean cinchweed
• Pectis ciliaris - donkeyweed
• Pectis cylindrica - Sonoran cinchweed
• Pectis elongata - tropical cinchweed
• Pectis filipes - Fivebract cinchweed
• Pectis glaucescens - Sanddune cinchweed
• Pectis humifusa - Yerba de San Juan
• Pectis imberbis - Beardless cinchweed
• Pectis linearifolia - Florida cinchweed
• Pectis linearis - West Indian cinchweed
• Pectis linifolia - romero macho
• Pectis longipes - Longstalk cinchweed
• Pectis papposa - manybristle cinchweed, limoncillo
• Pectis prostrata - spreading cinchweed
• Pectis rusbyi - Rusby's cinchweed
• Pectis tenuicaulis - island cinchweed

References

1. ^ Kearny T.H., and Peebles R.H., et al. 1960. Arizona Flora. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
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