Pectis pimana explained

Pectis pimana 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.^[1] Type locale is the village of Nabogame, 18 km northwest of Yepachic and about 10 km east of the state line with Sonora.^{[2] [3]} 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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
3. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
4. https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/41424860?uid=3739888&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21103364475571 Laferrière, Joseph E., & David J. Keil. 1991. Pectis pimana (Asteraceae: Tageteae): a new species from northwestern Mexico. Madroño 38(3):195-197