Brickellia glomerata

Brickellia glomerata is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is found in central and southwestern Mexico, in the states of México, Morelos, Guerrero, and Oaxaca.[2]

Brickellia glomerata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. glomerata
Binomial name
Brickellia glomerata
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus glomeratus (Fernald) S.F.Blake

Brickellia glomerata produces several flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets. The heads are clumped together in groups called "glomerules," hence the scientific name of the species.[3]

References

  1. The Plant List, Brickellia glomerata Fernald
  2. 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
  3. Fernald, Merritt Lyndon 1901. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 36: 504


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