Pectocarya platycarpa

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: Cynoglossoideae
Tribus: Cynoglosseae
Subtribus: Amsinckiinae
Genus: Pectocarya
Species: Pectocarya platycarpa
Name

Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & I.M.Johnst.) Munz & I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 81 (1928).
Synonyms

Pectocarya gracilis var. platycarpa Munz & I.M.Johnst.
Pectocarya linearis var. platycarpa (Munz & I.M.Johnst.) Cronquist

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Northwest, New Mexico

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

Munz, P.A. & Johnston, I.M. 1928. Studies in the Boraginaceae — VII. 2. Notes on various Boraginoideae. Pectocarya platycarpa Munz & Johnston, comb nov. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University LXXXI: 81.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pectocarya platycarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pectocarya platycarpa. Published online. Accessed: Sep 27 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pectocarya platycarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sep 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pectocarya platycarpa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Pectocarya platycarpa is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names broadfruit combseed and wide-toothed pectocarya. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in many types of coastal and inland habitat, from mountains to desert. This is an annual herb producing a slender, rough-haired stem, generally upright to erect in form to a maximum height of 25 centimeters. The small, pointed linear leaves are alternately arranged, widely spaced along the stem. The inflorescence is a series of flowers, each on a curved pedicel. The flower has small green sepals and a tiny white corolla. The fruit is an array of four flattened, slightly curving nutlets lined with thin teeth.
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