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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
| Genus: | Pectinaria Haw. 1819 |
- 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
edit- ^ 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).
- ^ a b The Plant List, genus Pectinaria
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