Brickellia diffusa is a Latin American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of South America, Central America, Mexico, Galápagos, and the West Indies (Cuba, Trinidad, Hispaniola, etc.). Its distribution stretches from Sonora and Tamaulipas in northern Mexico to Jujuy in northern Argentina.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Brickellia diffusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. diffusa
Binomial name
Brickellia diffusa
(Vahl) A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatorium diffusum Vahl
  • Bulbostylis diffusa (Vahl) DC.
  • Chondrilla rhombifolia (Willd.) Poiret
  • Coleosanthus diffusus (Vahl) Kuntze
  • Eupatorium aromaticum Sieber ex Sieber ex Steudel 1840 not L. 1753
  • Eupatorium capillare Desv.
  • Eupatorium trichosanthum A.Rich.
  • Prenanthes rhombifolia Humb. ex Willd.

References edit

  1. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia diffusa (Vahl) A.Gray
  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. ^ Pruski, J.F. 1997. Asteraceae. 3: 177–393. In J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry & B. K. Holst (eds.) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  4. ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Bolivia, Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.
  5. ^ Williams, L. O. 1976. Tribe II, Eupatorieae. En: D. L. Nash & L. O. Williams (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana: Botany 24(12): 32–128, 466–482
  6. ^ Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. 1971. Flora of the Galápagos Islands 1–998. Stanford University Press, Stanford
  7. ^ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181
  8. ^ Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.

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