Brickellia macromera

Brickellia macromera is a rare Mexican species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is found only in the state of Baja California Sur in western Mexico.[2][3]

Brickellia macromera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae
Genus:
Brickellia
Species:
B. macromera
Binomial name
Brickellia macromera
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus macromerus (B.L.Rob.) S.F.Blake

Brickellia macromera is a branching shrub with white bark on the limbs and trunk. It produces several flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.[4][5]

References
  1. The Plant List, Brickellia macromera B.L.Rob.
  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. Madrean Archipelago Biodiversity Assessment, Brickellia macromera B.L.Rob. includes distribution map and photo of herbarium specimen
  4. Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln 1917. Memoirs of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 1: 107
  5. Blake, Sydney Fay 1926. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(5): 1483 as Coleosanthus macromerus


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