Asteraceae
Pectis

Pectis elongata Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 206 (1818)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2002 Pickersgill, B.; Lima, D.A.; Barrett, S.C.H.; Hill, R.A. [RU 72390] Brazil K000054486 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Gardner, G. [1745] Brazil K000054485 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Gardner, G. [1745] Brazil K000054484 Isotype Yes
Jun 1, 1991 Lewis, G.P.; de Andrade, S.M.M. [1928] Brazil K000053787 Yes
Jun 1, 1991 Lewis, G.P.; de Andrade, S.M.M. [1928] Brazil K000053786 Yes
Jul 1, 1989 Lewis, G.P.; Arraes, M.G.; Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Longhi-Wagner, H.M.; Stannard, B. [CFCR6721] Brazil K000053784 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Lehmann, F.C. [4769] Colombia K000504054 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Burchell, W.J. [8959] Brazil K000955768 Yes
Jan 1, 1857 Spruce, R. [765] Brazil K001058986 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [439] Colombia K001479864 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [439] Colombia K001479865 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K003135987 Yes
[Proter] [[201]] K003135980 Yes
Delnatte, C.; Viscardi, G.; Sainte Aime, S. [3642] Martinique K001561216 Yes
Tonduz, A. [13598] Costa Rica K003135985 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [493] Brazil K001103818 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [1691] Brazil K001031912 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001058988 Yes
{Bernoulli} [103] Guatemala K003135988 Yes
Schonburgh [533837] Guyana K000895341 Unknown Type Material Yes
Valerio, J. [3700] Honduras K003135984 Yes
Ule, E. [8351/[b]] Brazil K001103819 Yes
{Bernoulli; Cario} [1415] Guatemala K003135986 Yes
Palmer, E. [1096] Mexico K003135983 Yes
Ule, E. [8351] Brazil K001103820 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [4001] Brazil K001103821 Yes
Barroso, G.M. [53-1434] Brazil K001103822 Yes
[Proter] [202] K003135981 Yes
s.coll. [747] Mexico K003135982 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [493] Brazil K001058987 Yes
Colombia K001479862 Yes
Colombia K001479863 Yes
Colombia K001479866 Yes
Ecuador K001479867 Yes
Ecuador K001479868 Yes
Panama K001479870 Yes
Panama K001479871 Yes
Venezuela K001479872 Yes
Venezuela K001479873 Yes
Venezuela K001479874 Yes
n/a K001479875 Yes
n/a K001479876 Yes
n/a K001479877 Yes
Bolivia (Cochabamba) K001479878 Yes
Colombia K001479879 Yes
Colombia K001479880 Yes
Colombia K001479881 Yes
Colombia K001479882 Yes
Colombia K001479883 Yes
Colombia K001479884 Yes
Colombia K001479885 Yes
Colombia K001479886 Yes
Ecuador K001479887 Yes
Venezuela K001479888 Yes
Venezuela K001479889 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Tate, G.H.H. [135] Brazil Pectis elongata var. floribunda K001103823 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Spruce, R. [6324] Ecuador Pectis elongata var. floribunda K000200707 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Lewis, W.H.; Dwyer, J.D.; Elias, T.S.; Robertson, K.R. [997] Panama Pectis elongata var. floribunda K001479869 Yes
Hunter, A.A.; Allen, P.H. [16] Panama Pectis elongata var. oerstediana K001479890 Yes
Panama Pectis elongata var. oerstediana K001479891 Yes
Panama Pectis elongata var. oerstediana K001479892 Yes
Tate, R. [145] Nicaragua Pectis oerstediana K003136018 Yes
Baker, C.F. [2137] Nicaragua Pectis oerstediana K003136017 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0