TY -JOUR AU -Ming-Jer Jung AU -Chun-Wan Hsien AU -Yui-Ching Kao and Ching-Long Yeh TI -Pectis L. (Asteraceae), a Newly Recorded Genus to the Flora of Taiwan PY -2011 DA -2011-06-15 JO -Taiwania VL -56 IS -2 SP -173 EP -176 UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1077 AB -We document a new-record genus to the flora of Taiwan: Pectis L. (Asteraceae) and its member, P. prostrata Cav. This alien plant, which is native to Tropical America, has been naturalized at riverbank and grasslands in southern Taiwan locally. A taxonomic treatment, an illustration and color photo from the wild were provided to aid in identification of this alien Asteraceae plant. DO -10.6165/tai.2011.56(2).173