Pectocarya

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Boraginoideae
Tribus: Cynoglosseae
Subtribus: Amsinckiinae
Genus: Pectocarya
Species: P. anisocarpa – P. anomala – P. boliviana – P. dimorpha – P. heterocarpa – P. linearis – P. penicillata – P. peninsularis – P. platycarpa – P. pusilla – P. recurvata – P. setosa

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pectocarya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 27. Reference page.

Name

Pectocarya DC. ex Meisn., 1840

Type species: Cynoglossum lateriflorum Lam. in Abrams, Ill. Fl. Pacific States 3: 535. 1951

Synonyms

Ctenospermum Post & Kuntze
Gruvelia A.DC.
Ktenospermum Lehm.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America and Northern America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Colorado, Ecuador, Idaho, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Peru, Utah

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1840. Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordines 1: 279
Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pectocarya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pectocarya. Published online. Accessed: Sep 27 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pectocarya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 27.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names
English: combseed

Pectocarya is a plant genus of about 15[1] species in the family Boraginaceae. Plants in this genus are known generally as combseeds. They are small annual plants which bear tiny white flowers no more than 3 millimeters in diameter. Their fruits are nutlets which often have small projections that look like the teeth of a comb, hence their common name. The nutlets usually come in clusters of four. These plants are found mainly in western North America.

Selected species:

Pectocarya heterocarpa – chuckwalla combseed
Pectocarya linearis – sagebrush combseed
Pectocarya palmeri – Palmer's grapplinghook
Pectocarya penicillata – sleeping combseed, winged combseed, shortleaf combseed
Pectocarya peninsularis – peninsula combseed
Pectocarya platycarpa – broadfruit combseed
Pectocarya pusilla – little combseed, purple prairieclover
Pectocarya recurvata – curvenut combseed, combbur
Pectocarya setosa – moth combseed

References

Jepson Manual Treatment