|  Pronunciation/Pronunciación: | Pec-to-cár-y-a li-ne-à-ris var. fe-ró-cu-la | 
|  Etymology/Etimología: | fero, fierce, wild + the diminutive -cula, little, somewhat | 
|  Synonyms/Sinónimos: | HOMOTYPIC: Pectocarya linearis (Ruiz & Pavon) DC. subsp. ferocula (I.M.Johnston) Thorne, Aliso 9: 191 (1978) Pectocarya ferocula (I.M.Johnston) Veno, ined., Veno (1979:171) | 
|  Type Species/EspeciesTipo:
             | Munz & Crow 11846, 10 April 1930, USA: California, Santa Barbara Co., Santa Cruz Island Holotype: GH00073063; Isotype: LA | 
Distribution:
        
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MIDDLE: CCH2 (records; mapped separately): http://cch2.org. Accessed 20 April 2020.
RIGHT: Distribution in South America of Pectocarya linearis var. ferocula (triangles) and P. linearis var. linearis (circles; open circle=type locality). From Veno, 1979:174.
Type:
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Holotype: GH00073063
Exemplars:
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Pectocarya linearis var. ferocula
M. G. Simpson 25IV96B, 1996-04-25 (SDSU12126) USA: California, San Diego Co., 32.81583 -117.01389
            
             
 
            Pectocarya linearis var. ferocula 
            
            
             
  
 
             
  
 
             
 
            Pectocarya linearis var. ferocula 
           Showing early stages of fruit development