Brickellia oreithales

Brickellia oreithales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Brickellia
Species:	B. oreithales
Binomial name
	Brickellia oreithales; (B.L.Rob.) Shinners
Synonyms
	Kuhnia oreithales B.L.Rob.; Kuhnia triplinervis S.F.Blake;

Brickellia oreithales is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to northern and western Mexico, states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, and Zacatecas.^[2]

Brickellia oreithales is an herb up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. The plant produces several small white or pale purple flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.^[3]

References[]

^ The Plant List, Brickellia oreithales (B.L.Rob.) Shinners
^ 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
^ Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln 1918. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 54: 263 description in Latin, commentary in English

External links[]

Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Chihuahua, isotype of Kuhnia oreithales/Brickellia oreithales

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[1] The Plant List, Brickellia oreithales (B.L.Rob.) Shinners

[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] Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln 1918. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 54: 263 description in Latin, commentary in English

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