Brickellia monocephala

Brickellia monocephala is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Hidalgo and Durango south as far as Oaxaca. The species is unusual in the genus in having only one relatively large flower head per stalk rather than several small ones.[1][2][3][4]

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

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. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  3. Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln 1904. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 31(6): 268
  4. Madrean Archipelago Biodiversity Assessment, Brickellia monocephala B.L.Rob. photo of herbarium specimen plus partial distribution map


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