Asteraceae

Pectis L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1189, 1221, 1376 (1759)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Annual or perennial glandular herbs, usually aromatic; leaves opposite, usually linear and often with stiff marginal hairs (cilia) below the middle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Heads radiate, small, solitary or in corymbs, sessile or on axillary or terminal peduncles; involucre cylindrical or bell-shaped, the bracts glandular and few in 1 series; receptacle naked. Ray-florets pistillate and fertile, with entire or 3-toothed ligules. Disc-florets perfect and fertile, tubular with enlarged, regular or irregular, 5-lobed limb; anthers obtuse at the base; style-arms short and obtuse
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes linear, striate; pappus of few to many bristles or scales.
Distribution
A tropical to temperate American genus of about 70 species.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0