Brickellia botterii is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the state of Veracruz on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.[2][3]

Brickellia botterii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. botterii
Binomial name
Brickellia botterii
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus botterii (B.L.Rob.) S.F.Blake

The species is named for Italian ornithologist Matteo Botteri (1808 – 1877).[4]

References edit

  1. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia botterii 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. ^ Blake, Sydney Fay 1926. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(5): 1482 description in Latin
  4. ^ Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln 1917. Memoirs of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 1: 93, figure 72