Pectinaria (plant)

Not to be confused with Pectinaria Cordem. nom. illeg., a synonym of Angraecum, orchids, Pectinaria (Benth.) Hack. nom. illeg., a synonym of Eremochloa Buse, grasses, or Pectinaria Bernh. nom. illeg., a synonym of Scandix, in the parsley family.

Pectinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus:
Haw. 1819

Pectinaria is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Species[4]
  1. Pectinaria arcuata N.E.Br. - South Africa
  2. Pectinaria articulata (Aiton) Haw. - South Africa
  3. Pectinaria asperiflora N.E.Br. - South Africa
  4. Pectinaria breviloba R.A.Dyer - Cape Province
  5. Pectinaria longipes (N.E.Br.) Bruyns - Cape Province
  6. Pectinaria maughanii (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns - Cape Province
  7. Pectinaria pillansii N.E.Br. - Cape Province
  8. Pectinaria saxatilis N.E.Br. - South Africa
  9. Pectinaria stayneri M.Bayer - Cape Province
  10. Pectinaria tulipiflora C.A.Lückh. - Cape Province
formerly included[4]
  1. Pectinaria exasperata now Stapeliopsis exasperata

References

  1. ^ Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1819. Supplementum plantarum succulentarum :sistens plantas novas vel nuper introductas, sive omissas, in Synopse plantarum succulentarum : cum observationibus variis anglicanis 14 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos genus Pectinaria
  3. ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. ^ a b The Plant List, genus Pectinaria


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