Brickellia gentryi
Brickellia gentryi is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in the state of Durango in northwestern Mexico.[1]
| Brickellia gentryi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Brickellia |
| Species: | B. gentryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Brickellia gentryi | |
Brickellia gentryi is superficially similar to B. lanata but has thinner leaves and white, nodding (hanging) flower heads in groups of 2–3.[2]
The species is named for American botanist Howard Scott Gentry, 1903–1993.[2]
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
- Turner, Billie Lee 1992. Phytologia 73(5): 348–349
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