Brickellia kellermanii is a Mesoamerican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Central America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize) and southern Mexico (Chiapas).[1][2][3][4]
Brickellia kellermanii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Brickellia |
Species: | B. kellermanii
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Binomial name | |
Brickellia kellermanii |
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
edit- ^ 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.