Brickelliastrum is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]Brickelliastrum has at times been lumped with Brickellia or Steviopsis, but chromosome number (x=10) and molecular data are in agreement in showing that it is distinct from either of these.[4] Despite having the general appearance of Brickellia, members of Brickelliastrum have cypselae that have only 5-7 ribs (vs. 10), funnel-shaped corollas, and a style with an unenlarged, glabrous base.

Brickelliastrum
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Brickelliastrum

Binomial name
Brickelliastrum fendleri
Synonyms[1]
  • Brickellia ambigens (Greene) Nelson
  • Brickellia fendleri A.Gray
  • Coleosanthus modestus Greene
  • Coleosanthus nepetaefolius Greene
  • Coleosanthus nepetifolius Greene
  • Eupatorium fendleri (A.Gray) A.Gray

There is only one recognized species, Brickelliastrum fendleri. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas) and northern Mexico (Coahuila).[5][6][7]

formerly included[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b The Plant List, Brickelliastrum fendleri (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. ^ King, R. M. and H. Robinson. 1972 Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) LXXVIII. A new genus, Brickelliastrum. Phytologia 62: 63-64.24(2): 64. 1972.
  3. ^ D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  4. ^ Schilling, E. E., J. L. Panero, B. S. Crozier & P. Davila. 2013. Relationships of Asanthus (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae). Systematic Botany 38: 253-258.
  5. ^ Brickelliastrum in Flora of North America
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. ^ 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

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