Brickellia stolonifera

Brickellia stolonifera is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the state of Coahuila in north-central Mexico.[1]

Brickellia stolonifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. stolonifera
Binomial name
Brickellia stolonifera

Brickellia stolonifera is similar to a species from nearby Chihuahua, B. simplex, but it has opposite leaves and flower heads grouped at the end of branches instead of in the axils of the leaves.[2]

References

  1. 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
  2. Turner, Billie Lee 1982. Phytologia 52: 252-254 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English, full-page line drawing on page 254


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