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Pectis
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Pectis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.[4][5][6]

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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 Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:[14]

  • 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
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