Brickellia kellermanii

Brickellia kellermanii is a Mesoamerican species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to Central America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize) and southern Mexico (Chiapas).[1][2][3][4]

Brickellia kellermanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae
Genus:
Brickellia
Species:
B. kellermanii
Binomial name
Brickellia kellermanii

Brickellia kellermanii is a subshrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has numerous small flower heads with white or pale purple flowers.[5]

The species is named for US botanist William A. Kellerman, 1850–1908.[6]

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. Williams, L. O. 1976. Tribe II, Eupatorieae. En: D. L. Nash & L. O. Williams (Eds), Flora of Guatema la - Part XII. Fieldiana: Botany 24(12): 32–128, 466–482
  3. Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
  4. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
  5. Greenman, Jesse More 1907. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series 2(6): 265
  6. Tropicos, Brickellia kellermanii Greenm.


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