Pectis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.[4][5][6]
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.[7] Members of the genus are known generally as cinchweeds (current usage) or chinchweeds (older name).[8]
They are native to the Americas, including the West Indies.[9][10][11][12][13]
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:[14]
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).
They are native to the Americas, including the West Indies.
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:
Pectis amplifolia D.J.Keil Pectis angustifolia Torr. Pectis arida D.J.Keil Pectis barberi Greenm. Pectis berlandieri DC. Pectis bonplandiana Kunth Pectis brachycephala Urb. Pectis brevicaulis Urb. Pectis brevipedunculata Sch.Bip. Pectis burchellii Baker Pectis cajamarcana D.J.Keil Pectis canescens Kunth Pectis capillipes (Benth.) Hemsl. Pectis carthusianorum Less. Pectis caymanensis (Urb.) Rydb. Pectis christii Urb. Pectis ciliaris L. Pectis congesta Sch.Bip. Pectis coulteri Harv. & A.Gray Pectis cubensis Griseb. Pectis cylindrica Rydb. Pectis decemcarinata McVaugh Pectis decumbens Sch.Bip. Pectis depressa Fernald Pectis diffusa Hook. & Arn. Pectis domingensis Urb. Pectis elongata Kunth Pectis ericifolia D.J.Keil Pectis exilis D.J.Keil Pectis exserta McVaugh Pectis fasciculiflora DC. Pectis filipes Harv. & A.Gray Pectis × floridana D.J.Keil Pectis gardneri Baker Pectis glaucescens (Cass.) D.J.Keil Pectis gracilis Baker Pectis guaranitica Chodat Pectis haenkeana Sch.Bip. Pectis harryi D.J.N.Hind & Frisby Pectis hassleri D.J.Keil Pectis havanensis Urb. Pectis holochaeta (S.F.Blake) D.J.Keil Pectis humifusa Sw. Pectis imberbis A.Gray Pectis incisifolia I.M.Johnst. Pectis juniperina Rydb. Pectis latisquama Sch.Bip. ex Greenm. Pectis leavenworthii Standl. ex Leavenw. Pectis leonis Rydb. Pectis liebmannii Sch.Bip. ex Hemsl. Pectis linearifolia Urb. Pectis linearis La Llave Pectis linifolia L. Pectis longipes A.Gray Pectis luckoviae D.J.Keil Pectis masonii Cuatrec. Pectis monocephala Cuatrec. Pectis mornicola Urb. & Ekman Pectis multiceps Urb. Pectis multiflosculosa (DC.) Sch.Bip. Pectis multiseta Benth. Pectis odorata Griseb. Pectis oligocephala Sch.Bip. Pectis papposa Harv. & A.Gray Pectis peruviana D.J.Keil Pectis pimana Laferr. & D.J.Keil Pectis pinosia Urb. Pectis pringlei Fernald Pectis propetes Greenm. Pectis prostrata Cav. Pectis pumila D.J.Keil Pectis purpurascens Urb. & Ekman Pectis purpurea Brandegee Pectis pusilla Urb. Pectis pygmaea Kunth Pectis repens Brandegee Pectis rigida Baker Pectis ritlandii R.A.Howard & W.R.Briggs Pectis rusbyi Greene ex A.Gray Pectis samanensis Urb. Pectis saturejoides (Mill.) Sch.Bip. Pectis schaffneri Sch.Bip. ex A.Gray Pectis sessiliflora Sch.Bip. Pectis sinaloensis Fernald Pectis stella Malme Pectis stenophylla A.Gray Pectis subeglandulosa Urb. & Ekman Pectis subsquarrosa Sch.Bip. Pectis substriata Rusby Pectis tenuicaulis Urb. Pectis tenuifolia Sch.Bip. Pectis uniaristata DC. Pectis vandevenderi B.L.Turner Pectis vollmeri Wiggins
