Pectis elongata

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| genus = Pectis

| species = elongata

| authority = Kunth

| synonyms =

• Chthonia elongata Cass.
• Lorentea polycephala Gardner
• Pectis elongata var. divaricata Hieron.
• Pectis elongata var. floribunda (A. Rich.) D.J. Keil
• Pectis elongata var. oerstediana (Rydb.) D.J. Keil
• Pectis floribunda A. Rich.
• Pectis oerstediana Rydb.
• Pectis plumieri Griseb.

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2707305?tab=synonyms Tropicos][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-39995 The Plant List]

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Pectis elongata, the tropical cinchweed, is a summer blooming annual plant of the genus Pectis, found in the West Indies as well as in South and Central America.{{cite web | url=http://www.sagebud.com/tropical-chinchweed-pectis-elongata/ | title=Sagebud - Tropical cinchweed | publisher=Sagebud.com | accessdate=May 7, 2011}} Tropical cinchweed is burned as a mosquito repellent.{{cite web | url=http://www.saintlucianplants.com/floweringplants/asteraceae/pectelon/pectelon.html | title=Flowering plants information on asteraceae | publisher=saintlucianplants.com | accessdate=May 7, 2011}}