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(Last Modified On 6/18/2013)
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(Last Modified On 6/18/2013)
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Subspecific
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Pectis elongata var. floribunda (A. Rich.) Keil
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Synonym
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Pectis floribunda A. Rich. in Sagra, Hist. Cuba 12: 36. 1850. TYPE: Cuba, Sagra 19 (P, holotype). Pectis plumieri Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 378. 1864. TYPE: Jamaica, McNab TYPE: not seen, probably at GOET or K.
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Description
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Tall, mostly erect, lemon-scented herbs; stems 10-50 cm tall, straw-colored or purplish, much branched, the branches ascending. Leaves 1-4 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, with 2-5 pairs of marginal bristles toward the base. Inflorescence cymosely much branched, the heads clustered at the stem tips; peduncles less than 10 mm long. Heads radiate; involucres cylindric, tardily spreading in age, the bracts 4-4.5 mm long, linear-oblanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, dotted with 3-5 pairs of narrow glands; ray corollas 3.5-4 mm long; disc corollas 2-2.5 mm long. Achenes 2-2.5 mm long; pappus of 4-8 bristles 3.5-4 mm long.
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Habit
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herbs
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Distribution
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Pectis elongata var. floribunda is widespread in the Caribbean region and reaches the mainland in scattered localities from eastern Mexico to northern South America.
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Note
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In Panama, this variety is allopatric with var. oerstediana, occurring only in northern Bocas del Toro and eastern Darien Provinces. In other areas of Central America, these taxa sometimes intergrade. It flowers through much of the year.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Bocas, Lazor et al. 2420 (FSU). Bocas del Toro Island Airport, Lewis et al. 997 (GH, MO, NY, UC, US). Without definite locality, von Wedel 335 (MO). Isla Colon, vic. of Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel 2824 (GH, MO, US). DARIEN: El Real, Burch et al. 1072 (GGH, MO, UC, US). Rio Balsas between Manene and Guayabo, Duke & Nickerson 14939 (MO).
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