Pectis pimana
| Pectis pimana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Pectis |
| Species: | P. pimana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pectis pimana Laferr. & D.J.Keil
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Laferrière, Joseph E., & David J. Keil. 1991. Pectis pimana (Asteraceae: Tageteae): a new species from northwestern Mexico. Madroño 38(3):195-197.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.