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This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to Tropical America.
A specimen from Kew's Herbarium

[UNAL]
Vernacular
Comino silvestre

[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

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.

Pectis elongata Kunth appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jan 1, 2002 Pickersgill, B. [RU 72390], Rio Grande do Norte K000054486
Jan 1, 2002 Gardner, G. [1745], Ceará K000054484 isotype
Jan 1, 2002 Gardner, G. [1745], Ceará K000054485 isotype
Jun 1, 1991 Lewis, G.P. [1928], Bahia K000053787
Jun 1, 1991 Lewis, G.P. [1928], Bahia K000053786
Jul 1, 1989 Lewis, G.P. [CFCR6721], Bahia K000053784
Jan 1, 1857 Spruce, R. [765], Brazil K001058986
Trail, J.W.H. [493], Brazil K001058987
Ule, E. [8351], Brazil K001103820
Barroso, G.M. [53-1434], Brazil K001103822
Trail, J.W.H. [493], Brazil K001103818
Schonburgh [533837], Guyana K000895341
Ule, E. [8351/[b]], Brazil K001103819
Giulietti, A.M. [1691], Brazil K001031912
Eiten, G. [4001], Brazil K001103821
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil K001058988
Jan 1, 1984 Spruce, R. [6324], Ecuador Pectis elongata var. floribunda K000200707
Jan 1, 1984 Tate, G.H.H. [135], Brazil Pectis elongata var. floribunda K001103823

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

  • ColPlantA (2021). "ColPlantA. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.colplanta.org/"

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.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ColPlantA database
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