Brickellia macromera
Appearance
Brickellia macromera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Brickellia |
Species: | B. macromera
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Binomial name | |
Brickellia macromera | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Brickellia macromera is a rare Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in the state of Baja California Sur in western Mexico.[2][3]
Brickellia macromera is a branching shrub with white bark on the limbs and trunk. It produces several flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Brickellia macromera B.L.Rob.
- ^ 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
- ^ Madrean Archipelago Biodiversity Assessment, Brickellia macromera B.L.Rob. includes distribution map and photo of herbarium specimen
- ^ Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln 1917. Memoirs of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 1: 107
- ^ Blake, Sydney Fay 1926. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(5): 1483 as Coleosanthus macromerus