Pectis_pimana

<i>Pectis pimana</i>

Pectis pimana

Species of flowering plant

Pectis pimana[1] is an herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to a mountainous area in the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the Mexican State of Chihuahua.[2] Type locale is the village of Nabogame, 18 km northwest of Yepachic and about 10 km east of the state line with Sonora.[3][4] Most of the inhabitants of Nabogame are of the indigenous ethnic group known as the Mountain Pima or Pima Bajo; the specific epithet "pimana" was chosen in their honor.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Laferrière, Joseph E., & David J. Keil. 1991. Pectis pimana (Asteraceae: Tageteae): a new species from northwestern Mexico. Madroño 38(3):195-197.
  2. [2]
    Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.
  3. [3]
    Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
  4. [4]
    CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
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