Brickellia kellermanii
| Brickellia kellermanii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
| Genus: | Brickellia |
| Species: | B. kellermanii |
| Binomial name | |
| Brickellia kellermanii Greenm. | |
Brickellia kellermanii is a Mesoamerican species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Central America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize) and southern Mexico (Chiapas).[1][2][3][4]
Brickellia kellermanii is a subshrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has numerous small flower heads with white or pale purple flowers.[5]
The species is named for US botanist William A. Kellerman, 1850-1908.[6]
References
- ↑ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
- ↑ Williams, L. O. 1976. Tribe II, Eupatorieae. En: D. L. Nash & L. O. Williams (Eds), Flora of Guatema la - Part XII. Fieldiana, Botany 24(12): 32–128, 466–482
- ↑ Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
- ↑ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
- ↑ Greenman, Jesse More 1907. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series 2(6): 265
- ↑ Tropicos, Brickellia kellermanii Greenm.
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