- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Pectis L.
Pectis elongata Kunth

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- comino, comino silvestre, pimento, yerba de limón
[CPLC]
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
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 150 - 1225 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean. Elevation range: 150–1225 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Cauca, Cesar, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Comino silvestre
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.
- Chthonia elongata (Kunth) Cass.
- Lorentea polycephala Gardner
- Pectis elongata var. divaricata Hieron.
- Pectis elongata var. floribunda (A.Rich.) D.J.Keil
- Pectis elongata var. oerstediana (Rydb.) D.J.Keil
- Pectis floribunda A.Rich.
- Pectis oerstediana Rydb.
- Pectis plumieri Griseb.
- Pectis polycephala (Gardner) Sch.Bip.
- Pectis stricta Willd. ex Less.
- Pectis taliscana Benth.
Pectis elongata Kunth appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2002 | Pickersgill, B. [RU 72390], Rio Grande do Norte | K000054486 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2002 | Gardner, G. [1745], Ceará | K000054484 | isotype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2002 | Gardner, G. [1745], Ceará | K000054485 | isotype | Yes | |
Jun 1, 1991 | Lewis, G.P. [1928], Bahia | K000053787 | Yes | ||
Jun 1, 1991 | Lewis, G.P. [1928], Bahia | K000053786 | Yes | ||
Jul 1, 1989 | Lewis, G.P. [CFCR6721], Bahia | K000053784 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1857 | Spruce, R. [765], Brazil | K001058986 | Yes | ||
Trail, J.W.H. [493], Brazil | K001058987 | Yes | |||
Ule, E. [8351], Brazil | K001103820 | Yes | |||
Barroso, G.M. [53-1434], Brazil | K001103822 | Yes | |||
Trail, J.W.H. [493], Brazil | K001103818 | Yes | |||
Schonburgh [533837], Guyana | K000895341 | Yes | |||
Ule, E. [8351/[b]], Brazil | K001103819 | Yes | |||
Giulietti, A.M. [1691], Brazil | K001031912 | Yes | |||
Eiten, G. [4001], Brazil | K001103821 | Yes | |||
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil | K001058988 | 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 | Spruce, R. [6324], Ecuador | Pectis elongata var. floribunda | K000200707 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1984 | Tate, G.H.H. [135], Brazil | Pectis elongata var. floribunda | K001103823 | Yes | |
Panama | Pectis elongata var. oerstediana | K001479891 | Yes | ||
Panama | Pectis elongata var. oerstediana | K001479892 | Yes |
First published in Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 206 (1818)
Accepted by
- 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.
Literature
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.
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