Pectinaria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Stapeliinae
Genus: Pectinaria
Species: P. arcuata – P. articulata – P. asperiflora – P. breviloba – P. longipes – P. maughanii – P. pillansii – P. saxatilis – P. stayneri – P. tulipiflora
Name

Pectinaria Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ. 14. 1819.
Type species: Pectinaria articulata (Haw.) Haw.

References

Haworth, A.H. (1819) Suppl. Pl. Succ. 14.

Pectinaria is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Species[4]

Pectinaria arcuata N.E.Br. - South Africa
Pectinaria articulata (Aiton) Haw. - South Africa
Pectinaria asperiflora N.E.Br. - South Africa
Pectinaria breviloba R.A.Dyer - Cape Province
Pectinaria longipes (N.E.Br.) Bruyns - Cape Province
Pectinaria maughanii (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns - Cape Province
Pectinaria pillansii N.E.Br. - Cape Province
Pectinaria saxatilis N.E.Br. - South Africa
Pectinaria stayneri M.Bayer - Cape Province
Pectinaria tulipiflora C.A.Lückh. - Cape Province

formerly included[4]

Pectinaria exasperata now Stapeliopsis exasperata

References

Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1819. Supplementum plantarum succulentarum :sistens plantas novas vel nuper introductas, sive omissas, in Synopse plantarum succulentarum : cum observationibus variis anglicanis 14 in Latin
Tropicos genus Pectinaria
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
The Plant List, genus Pectinaria